Ceiling

Type it

Ways to write the Ceiling symbol
UnicodeU+2308 U+2309
LaTeX\lceil \rceil
HTML entity⌈ ⌉
Character⌈⌉

Meaning

Rounds a number up to the nearest integer. Compare with Floor and Square Brackets.

How to read it

⌈3.2⌉ = 4

is read “the ceiling of three point two equals four”.

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