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# Lesser Than (`<`)

## `< 𝕩`: Enclose

Create a unit array containing `𝕩`. (`(≢𝕩) ≡ ⟨⟩`)


          <1


          ≢<1



## `𝕨 < 𝕩`: Lesser Than

`𝕨` and `𝕩` can both be either numbers or characters.

[Pervasive.](https://mlochbaum.github.io/BQN/doc/arithmetic.html#pervasion)

          1 < 3

          2‿3‿0 < 3‿1‿0