VINCULUM


Meaning of VINCULUM in English

[vin.cu.lum] n, pl -lums or -la [L, fr. vincire to bind] (1661) 1: a unifying bond: link, tie

2: a straight horizontal mark placed over two or more members of a compound mathematical expression and equivalent to parentheses or brackets about them (as in a-b-c a-[b-c])

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