English Punctuation slash |slaSH| noun 1. an oblique stroke (/) in print or writing, used between alternatives (e.g., and/or), in fractions (e.g., 3/4), in ratios (e.g., miles/day), or between separate elements of a text. [1980s: from the use of an oblique stroke to link adjoining names or initials (as in Kirk/Spock and K/S.] 2. often is called a forward slash (a retronym used to distinguish the slash from the backslash, \) and many other names, and sometimes is erroneously called a backslash.
Posted on: Sat, 01 Feb 2014 06:40:48 +0000
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