Precedes Symbol

Symbol Format Data
Code Point
U+227A
TeX
\prec
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Usage

The precedes symbol (≺) is used in math to denote that an element is strictly less than another element in some order or preference.

Related Symbols

The succeeds symbol (≻) is used in math to denote that an element is strictly greater than another element in some order or preference.

The precedes-under-relation symbol (⊰) denotes that one element precedes another under a specified order relation R. It is a relational variant of the precedes sign (≺).