Unsupported titles/`lt`

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

﹤ U+FE64, ﹤ SMALL LESS-THAN SIGN ← ﹣ [U+FE63] Small Form Variants ﹥ → [U+FE65]

＜ U+FF1C, ＜ 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) ≥, ≮

   $\forall x<3$ — for all x less than three

   $x<3$ — 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. See < > for uses of these symbols enclosing other characters.

Related terms

• ≤

Derived terms

• (mathematics) ≪, ⋘
• (arrow, in programming) <<, <<<

See also

• Less than on Wikipedia.Wikipedia