Definitions for "Syntax Table"
Keywords:  parentheses, char, emacs, lisp, tells
The syntax table tells Emacs which characters are part of a word, which characters balance each other like parentheses, etc. See section ¹1/2ʸ¥Æ¡1/4¥Ö¥ë.
a char-table (see Char-Tables )
a Lisp object, a char-table, whose elements are numbers
a list of user-defined syntax rules , which allow you to specify new patterns to define your own favorite input notations