Standard Lemma guide
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noun
A medieval punctuation mark similar to the slash ⟨/⟩ or pipe ⟨|⟩ and used as a scratch comma and caesura mark.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical, obsolete
Topics: media, publishing, typography
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A slash, ⟨/⟩ or ⟨/⟩.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
Topics: media, publishing, typography
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A slash, ⟨/⟩ or ⟨/⟩.
Used to mark line breaks within quotes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
Topics: media, publishing, typography
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A pipe, ⟨|⟩.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
Topics: media, publishing, typography
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A pipe, ⟨|⟩.
Used to mark metrical feet.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
Topics: communications, journalism, literature, media, poetry, publishing, typography, writing
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noun
a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: solidus, slash, diagonal, stroke, separatrix
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: punctuation, punctuation mark
History
Borrowed from Middle French virgule, from Latin virgula (“twig; scratch comma”), from virga (“rod, branch”) + -ulus (diminutive suffix). Doublet of virgula.
Across languages
4 source translations are retained for this English entry.
