# \lesssim

The ≲ symbol (Less-than or equivalent to, U+2272), written as \lesssim in LaTeX math mode.

https://texform.dev/latex/symbols/lesssim

## Metadata

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Topic | [Relations](https://texform.dev/latex/topics/relations) |
| Packages | ams |
| Allowed mode | math |
| Glyph | ≲ |
| Unicode | U+2272 LESS-THAN OR EQUIVALENT TO |
| Delimiter | No |

## Syntax

```latex
\lesssim
```

Takes no arguments.

## Usage frequency

0.98% of formulas in the measured corpus contain this entry, rank 67 of 474 entries with frequency data.

## In TeXForm

TeXForm parses this entry as a character leaf mapped to U+2272 (LESS-THAN OR EQUIVALENT TO).