angle bracket

Short definition from Wiktionary

Noun

1. 1
   Any of a number of angle-shaped brackets: Either of the inequality signs < and >, when used as brackets in programming languages and markup languages.
2. 2
   Any of a number of angle-shaped brackets: Either of a pair of symbols, ⟨ ⟩, used to enclose text in various technical contexts, and in mathematical formulas to denote an interval, a continuous parameter or an inner product.
3. 3
   Any of a number of angle-shaped brackets: Either of a pair of symbols, 〈 〉, used in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean punctuation.
4. 4
   Any of a number of angle-shaped brackets: Either of a pair of symbols, 〈 〉, used to enclose the name of the domain in which a concept and a term is used.
5. 5
   Any of a number of angle-shaped brackets: an object used to connect two other objects at an angle