"http://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/lang/Number.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Number</a>&gt;&nbsp;x,
  <a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/lang/Number.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Number</a>&nbsp;y)</code>
<div class="block">Create a predicate for testing whether the first argument is 
 less than the second.</div>
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