An angle bracket opening to the left, stating that the left value is larger.
Also known as: Right angle bracket, Arrow pointing right
The greater-than sign states that the quantity on its left is larger than the one on its right. The wide end always faces the larger quantity, which is the mnemonic taught for telling it from its mirror image.
Is encoded as U+003E GREATER-THAN SIGN in the Basic Latin block, alongside its mirror image.
Contexts: Mathematics
States that the value on its left is strictly larger than the value on its right.
Contexts: Mathematics
Opens the wide end towards the larger quantity in both signs of the pair, which is the property every mnemonic for telling them apart relies on.
Contexts: Mathematics
Marks quoted text in plain-text email and redirects output in Unix shells, two conventions that borrowed the character rather than its mathematical meaning.
Contexts: Software
Two short straight strokes meeting at a point on the right and opening out towards the left, forming a horizontal wedge.
The direction of the wedge is the whole difference.
The same character used for a different job: comparison in mathematics, output redirection in a shell.
Mirror images stating converse orderings.