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tag: DXR3Q35ZMH
kind: concept
name: Greater
sources:
  - wikipedia: en:73634@r1376316324
    locator: Glossary of mathematical symbols, section Comparison
    note: adopted
    mention: wikipedia://en/73634#8T7Z
    sections: [Summary]
inventory: [BJB8KG5J15]
---

## Summary

Strict inequality between two numbers; means and is read as "greater than".

Commonly used for denoting any strict order.

Between two groups, may mean that the second one is a proper subgroup of the first one.