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< U+003C, &#60;
LESS-THAN SIGN
← ;
[U+003B] 		Basic Latin = →
[U+003D]
Character variations

﹤ U+FE64, &#65124;
SMALL LESS-THAN SIGN
← ﹣
[U+FE63] 		Small Form Variants ﹥ →
[U+FE65]
＜ U+FF1C, &#65308;
FULLWIDTH LESS-THAN SIGN
← ；
[U+FF1B] 		Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms ＝ →
[U+FF1D]
See also: ‹, ⟨, and ˂

Translingual

Symbol

<

  1. (mathematics) Less than.
    Synonym: ≱
    Antonyms: (equivalent opposite) >, (inverse) ≥, ≮
    ― for all x less than three
    ― x is less than three
  2. (linguistics) Which is from.
    Synonym: ←
    Antonym: >
  3. (informal) A left-pointing arrow.
    Antonym: >
  4. (Internet slang) Is worse (than); is inferior (to).
    Antonym: >
    cats < dogs ― cats are worse than dogs
    dogs < cats ― dogs are worse than cats
  5. (editorial mark) The counter-diple, a mark in the right margin used together with > in the left margin to note important passages in a text, such as biblical quotations. (See > <.) With the advent of moveable type, these marks were moved into the text, becoming the guillemets › ‹.
  6. See < > for uses of these symbols enclosing other characters.

Derived terms

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