Definition of angle brackets:
(n) :
(computing) Either of the inequality signs < and >, when used as brackets in programming languages and markup languages.
(n) :
(typography, mathematics) 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.
(n) :
Any of a number of angle-shaped brackets.
(n) :
(typography) Either of a pair of symbols, 〈 〉, used in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean punctuation.
(n) :
(terminology) Either of a pair of symbols, 〈 〉, used to enclose the name of the domain in which a concept and a term is used.
(n) :
(engineering) an object used to connect two other objects at an angle