Vinculum

{
  "id": "MLC-T-IND-006456",
  "term": "Vinculum",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "A horizontal line drawn over a group of mathematical terms to indicate that they should be treated as a single unit, similar to parentheses. In surveying calculations and historical mathematical notations, it was used to group quantities for operations like multiplication, division, or taking a square root. While still seen in some contexts, its use has largely been superseded by parentheses for clarity in modern algebraic notation.",
  "synonyms": [
    "brace"
  ],
  "subject": "Surveying",
  "translations": {
    "de": "Vinculum",
    "es": "vínculo",
    "fr": "vinculum"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/vinculum/"
}