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<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Brackets</title>
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<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3180620"><bookmark_value>brackets; reference list</bookmark_value>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id4631488" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="NEW"><variable id="brackets"><link href="text/smath/01/03091508.xhp" name="Brackets">Brackets</link>
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<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_idN12B53" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Typed command(s)</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3180684" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="493">Symbol in Elements Window</paragraph>
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<item type="literal">(...)</item>
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<image id="img_id3180789" src="starmath/res/al21801.png" width="0.25inch" height="0.25inch"><alt id="alt_id3180789" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt>
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<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3180903" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="249">Normal round left and right bracket</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_idN12BA5" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW" localize="false">
<item type="literal">[...]</item>
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<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3180930" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="E">
<image id="img_id3180936" src="starmath/res/al21802.png" width="0.25inch" height="0.25inch"><alt id="alt_id3180936" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt>
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<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3181050" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="252">Left and right square bracket</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_idN12BDB" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW" localize="false">
<item type="literal">ldbracket ... rdbracket</item>
</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3181078" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="E">
<image id="img_id3181084" src="starmath/res/al21823.png" width="0.25inch" height="0.25inch"><alt id="alt_id3181084" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt>
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<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3181201" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="417">Left and right square double bracket</paragraph>
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<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_idN12C11" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW" localize="false">
<item type="literal">lline ... rline</item>
</paragraph>
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<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3181229" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="E">
<image id="img_id3181235" src="starmath/res/al21805.png" width="0.25inch" height="0.25inch"><alt id="alt_id3181235" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt>
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<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3181350" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="259">Left and right vertical line</paragraph>
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<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_idN12C47" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW" localize="false">
<item type="literal">ldline ... rdline</item>
</paragraph>
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<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3181377" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="E">
<image id="img_id3181384" src="starmath/res/al21806.png" width="0.25inch" height="0.25inch"><alt id="alt_id3181384" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt>
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<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3181498" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="261">Left and right double vertical lines</paragraph>
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<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_idN12C7D" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW" localize="false">
<item type="literal">lbrace ... rbrace</item>
</paragraph>
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<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3181525" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="E">
<image id="img_id3181532" src="starmath/res/al21804.png" width="0.25inch" height="0.25inch"><alt id="alt_id3181532" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt>
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</tablecell>
<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3181646" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="255">Left and right curly brackets, set bracket</paragraph>
</tablecell>
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<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_idN12CB3" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW" localize="false">
<item type="literal">langle ... rangle</item>
</paragraph>
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<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3181674" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="E">
<image id="img_id3181680" src="starmath/res/al21803.png" width="0.25inch" height="0.25inch"><alt id="alt_id3181680" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt>
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<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3181794" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="257">Left and right pointed bracket</paragraph>
</tablecell>
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<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_idN12CE9" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW" localize="false">
<item type="literal">langle ... mline ... rangle</item>
</paragraph>
</tablecell>
<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3181822" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="E">
<image id="img_id3181828" src="starmath/res/al21821.png" width="0.25inch" height="0.25inch"><alt id="alt_id3181828" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt>
</image></paragraph>
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<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3181945" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="423">Left and right pointed operator bracket</paragraph>
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<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_idN12D1F" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW" localize="false">
<item type="literal">{...}</item>
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<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3181973" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="E">
<image id="img_id3181980" src="starmath/res/al21808.png" width="0.25inch" height="0.25inch"><alt id="alt_id3181980" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt>
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<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3182055" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="246">Left and right group bracket. They are not displayed in the document and do not take up any room.</paragraph>
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<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_idN12D55" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW" localize="false">
<item type="literal">left( ... right)</item>
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<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3182083" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="E">
<image id="img_id3182090" src="starmath/res/al21809.png" width="0.3335inch" height="0.3335inch"><alt id="alt_id3182090" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt>
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<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3182178" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="267">Brackets, scalable</paragraph>
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<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_idN12D8B" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW" localize="false">
<item type="literal">left[ ... right]</item>
</paragraph>
</tablecell>
<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3182210" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="E">
<image id="img_id3182216" src="starmath/res/al21810.png" width="0.3335inch" height="0.3335inch"><alt id="alt_id3182216" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt>
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<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3182305" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="449">Square brackets, scalable</paragraph>
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<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_idN12DC1" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW" localize="false">
<item type="literal">left ldbracket ... right rdbracket</item>
</paragraph>
</tablecell>
<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3182332" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="E">
<image id="img_id3182339" src="starmath/res/al21824.png" width="0.25inch" height="0.25inch"><alt id="alt_id3182339" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt>
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<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3182428" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="452">Double square brackets, scalable</paragraph>
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<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_idN12DF7" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW" localize="false">
<item type="literal">left lbrace ... right rbrace</item>
</paragraph>
</tablecell>
<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3182456" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="E">
<image id="img_id3182463" src="starmath/res/al21812.png" width="0.3335inch" height="0.3335inch"><alt id="alt_id3182463" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt>
</image></paragraph>
</tablecell>
<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3182551" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="455">Braces, scalable</paragraph>
</tablecell>
</tablerow>
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<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_idN12E2D" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW" localize="false">
<item type="literal">left lline ... right rline</item>
</paragraph>
</tablecell>
<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3182579" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="E">
<image id="img_id3182586" src="starmath/res/al21813.png" width="0.3335inch" height="0.3335inch"><alt id="alt_id3182586" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt>
</image></paragraph>
</tablecell>
<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3182674" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="458">Single lines, scalable</paragraph>
</tablecell>
</tablerow>
<tablerow>
<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_idN12E63" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW" localize="false">
<item type="literal">left ldline ... right rdline</item>
</paragraph>
</tablecell>
<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3182702" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="E">
<image id="img_id3182709" src="starmath/res/al21814.png" width="0.25inch" height="0.25inch"><alt id="alt_id3182709" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt>
</image></paragraph>
</tablecell>
<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3182797" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="461">Double lines, scalable</paragraph>
</tablecell>
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<tablerow>
<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_idN12E99" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW" localize="false">
<item type="literal">left angle ... right angle</item>
</paragraph>
</tablecell>
<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3182825" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="E">
<image id="img_id3182832" src="starmath/res/al21811.png" width="0.3335inch" height="0.3335inch"><alt id="alt_id3182832" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt>
</image></paragraph>
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<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3182920" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="464">Angle brackets, scalable</paragraph>
</tablecell>
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<tablerow>
<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_idN12ECF" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW" localize="false">
<item type="literal">left langle ... mline ... right rangle</item>
</paragraph>
</tablecell>
<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3182948" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="E">
<image id="img_id3182955" src="starmath/res/al21822.png" width="0.25inch" height="0.25inch"><alt id="alt_id3182955" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt>
</image></paragraph>
</tablecell>
<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3183043" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="425">Scalable left and right pointed operator bracket</paragraph>
</tablecell>
</tablerow>
<tablerow>
<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_idN12F05" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW" localize="false">
<item type="literal">overbrace</item>
</paragraph>
</tablecell>
<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3183072" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="E">
<image id="img_id3183078" src="starmath/res/al21825.png" width="0.25inch" height="0.25inch"><alt id="alt_id3183078" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt>
</image></paragraph>
</tablecell>
<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3183195" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="419">Scalable curly set bracket on top</paragraph>
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<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_idN12F3B" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW" localize="false">
<item type="literal">underbrace</item>
</paragraph>
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<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3183223" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="E">
<image id="img_id3183230" src="starmath/res/al21826.png" width="0.25inch" height="0.25inch"><alt id="alt_id3183230" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt>
</image></paragraph>
</tablecell>
<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3183346" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="421">Scalable curly set bracket below</paragraph>
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<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_idN12F71" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW" localize="false">
<item type="literal">lfloor ... rfloor</item>
</paragraph>
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<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3183456" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="263">Left and right line with lower edges</paragraph>
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<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_idN12F88" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW" localize="false">
<item type="literal">lceil ... rceil</item>
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<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3183565" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="265">Left and right line with upper edges</paragraph>
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<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_idN12F9F" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">
<item type="literal">\lbrace \rbrace</item> or <item type="literal">\{ \}</item>
</paragraph>
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<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""/>
<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3183648" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="269">Left curly bracket or right curly bracket</paragraph>
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<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_idN12FBA" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW" localize="false">
<item type="literal">\( \)</item>
</paragraph>
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<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""/>
<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3183733" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="271">Left and right round bracket</paragraph>
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<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_idN12FD1" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW" localize="false">
<item type="literal">\[ \]</item>
</paragraph>
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<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""/>
<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3183817" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="273">Left and right square bracket</paragraph>
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<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_idN12FE8" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW" localize="false">
<item type="literal">\langle \rangle</item>
</paragraph>
</tablecell>
<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""/>
<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3183901" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="275">Left and right pointed bracket</paragraph>
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<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_idN12FFF" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW" localize="false">
<item type="literal">\lline \rline</item>
</paragraph>
</tablecell>
<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""/>
<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3183985" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="277">Left and right vertical line</paragraph>
</tablecell>
</tablerow>
<tablerow>
<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_idN13016" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW" localize="false">
<item type="literal">\ldline \rdline</item>
</paragraph>
</tablecell>
<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""/>
<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3184069" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="279">Left and right double line</paragraph>
</tablecell>
</tablerow>
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<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_idN1302F" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW" localize="false">
<item type="literal">\lfloor \rfloor</item>
</paragraph>
</tablecell>
<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""/>
<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3184153" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="281">Left and right line with lower edges</paragraph>
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<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_idN13046" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW" localize="false">
<item type="literal">\lceil \rceil</item>
</paragraph>
</tablecell>
<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""/>
<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3184237" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="283">Left and right line with upper edges</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3985717" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">
<item type="literal">none</item>
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<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""/>
<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id1778008" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Qualifier to suppress one bracket, as in <item type="literal">right none </item>
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