Precedes Symbol

Symbol Format Data
Code Point
U+227A
TeX
\prec
SVG
All symbols

Usage

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

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