@ — Returns TRUE if A's bounding box is contained by B's.
boolean @(
				  geometry 
				  A
				, 
				  geometry 
				  B
				);
The @ operator returns TRUE if the bounding box of geometry A is completely
			contained by the bounding box of geometry B.
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| This operand will make use of any indexes that may be available on the geometries. | 
SELECT tbl1.column1, tbl2.column1, tbl1.column2 @ tbl2.column2 AS contained FROM ( VALUES (1, 'LINESTRING (1 1, 3 3)'::geometry)) AS tbl1, ( VALUES (2, 'LINESTRING (0 0, 4 4)'::geometry), (3, 'LINESTRING (2 2, 4 4)'::geometry), (4, 'LINESTRING (1 1, 3 3)'::geometry)) AS tbl2; column1 | column1 | contained ---------+---------+----------- 1 | 2 | t 1 | 3 | f 1 | 4 | t (3 rows)