The "greater than" is also used to close HTML and XML tags, while the "less than" (<) symbol is used to begin them, as in the following examples: THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY.

Less than or greater than? When we are comparing numbers, we can use certain signs to show whether a number is less than, greater than or equal to another. To help you remember which sign to use ...

Inequalities are the relationships between two expressions which are not equal to one another. The symbols used for inequalities are <, >, ≤, ≥. \(7 \textgreater x\) reads as '7 is greater ...