Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The series of wooden ribs nailed to the ceiling, joists, and battening to support cornices, especially large plaster cornices.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Arch.) A series or group of brackets; brackets, collectively.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Present participle of
bracket . - noun architecture A series or group of brackets; brackets, collectively.
- noun The act of enclosing (text, etc.) in brackets.
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Examples
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With HDR activated in the iPhone's camera, it will take a set of three shots with varying degrees of exposure (known as bracketing) and then assemble the three images into one final picture that has the best elements of the three images.
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Finally, if you are in unfamiliar lighting conditions, consider making a series of separate exposures (known as bracketing).
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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The second negotiating technique that I've learned in the past year is what I call "bracketing".
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Like Hüsserl, Abel is "bracketing" the "real" world, and in Abel's "house," Sartre and Wittgenstein, perhaps, are peeking out of the window.
Wives and Philosophers Abel, Lionel 1965
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The process is very like what artillery men tell of "bracketing" the object fired at, and then landing fairly on it.
My Discovery of England Stephen Leacock 1906
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Really, however, the shelling was scientific "bracketing" of the enemy's important position.
History of the World War, Vol. 3 Francis Andrew March 1895
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Really, however, the shelling was scientific "bracketing" of the enemy's important position.
History of the World War An Authentic Narrative of the World's Greatest War Richard Joseph Beamish 1895
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Paul Goodison from the European Research Office, which monitors EU-Africa economic relations, said that "one way forward" could be to use a technique that trade negotiators describe as 'bracketing'.
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This creates nice micro "bracketing" in the structure
COMIXTALK 2009
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This creates nice micro "bracketing" in the structure
COMIXTALK 2009
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