Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols-B

Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols-B is a Unicode block containing miscellaneous mathematical symbols, including brackets, angles, and circle symbols.

Variant

The Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols-B block has one variation sequence defined for a standardized variant.
Variation selector-1 can be used with to request a glyph where the parallel lines touch the circle.

Usage

Some of these symbols are used in Z notation. Specifically
The last two symbols are used in combinatorial game theory

History

The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols-B block: