left parenthesis

left parenthesis

(character)"(". ASCII character 40.

Common names: left paren; left parenthesis; left; open;paren (")" = thesis); open paren; open parenthesis; leftparenthesis; left banana. Rare: so (")" = already); lparen;ITU-T: opening parenthesis; open round bracket, left roundbracket, INTERCAL: wax (")" = wane); parenthisey (")" =unparenthisey); left ear.

Paired with right parenthesis (")").