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tag: Y1ZAYMGAT8
kind: concept
name: Less
sources:
  - wikipedia: en:73634@r1376316324
    locator: Glossary of mathematical symbols, section Comparison
    note: adopted
    mention: wikipedia://en/73634#62LZ
    sections: [Summary]
inventory: [NHXJFEW76Z]
---

## Summary

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

Commonly used for denoting any strict order.

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