Delimiters\big

\bigCommand

Manual fixed-size delimiter used as an ordinary math symbol when automatic \left...\right sizing is undesirable.

\big(

Topic: Delimiters
Available in: base
Kind: prefix
Allowed mode: math
Frequency: 3.22% of corpus formulasrank 18 of 263
Commonality: medium
Tags: presentation

Renderer support

Package	MathJax	KaTeX	XeTeX
`base`	MathJax: Full	KaTeX: Full	XeTeX: Full

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Syntax#

\bigm:D(delimiter

Argspec m:D — one mandatory argument. Reading argspecs

Common tasks#

How to enlarge a parenthesis a little#

\big is a fixed size, unlike stretchy \left...\right.

\big( a+b \big)

How to enlarge a set-builder bar#

\big\{ x \bigm| x>0 \big\}

How to enlarge a fraction slash#

a\big/b

Examples#

\big\langle

\big{(}

In TeXForm#

TeXForm parses this entry as prefix syntax; the package determines its argument specification.

base/big-delimiter-size-dropfrom Equivreading

Drop the fixed delimiter size imposed by \big.

\big ( (

See also#

\Big base
\bigg base
\Bigg base
\biggl base
\Biggl base
\biggm base
\Biggm base
\biggr base
\Biggr base
\bigl base
\Bigl base
\bigm base
\Bigm base
\bigr base
\Bigr base

Test cases#

`base`
Input	Case	MathJax	KaTeX	XeTeX
`\big (`	Positive · baseline	Pass	Pass	Pass
`\big a`	Negative · neg:D[0]	Fail	Fail	Fail

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Topic: Delimiters
Available in: base
Kind: prefix
Allowed mode: math
Frequency: 3.22% of corpus formulasrank 18 of 263
Commonality: medium
Tags: presentation

Renderer support

Package	MathJax	KaTeX	XeTeX
`base`	MathJax: Full	KaTeX: Full	XeTeX: Full

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