"large curly brace" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: large curly braces [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} large curly brace (plural large curly braces)
  1. (chiefly Commonwealth) A larger variant of either { or } used when indicating a relationship between otherwise separate elements, having various uses in academia, math, music, computer programming and chemistry. Tags: Commonwealth Synonyms: accolade, (US) large curly bracket, moustache, mustache, squiggly Hypernyms: curly brace
    Sense id: en-large_curly_brace-en-noun-hjQTbgHs Categories (other): Commonwealth English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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