oblique stroke
oblique stroke noun: synonym of slash ⟨/⟩.
Noun
oblique stroke (plural oblique strokes)
- Synonym of slash ⟨/⟩.
- The oblique, short for oblique stroke or line, is written /, originally the French way of writing or printing a comma.1953, Eric Partridge, You Have a Point There: A Guide to Punctuation and Its Allies, page 155
- They are normally in the form "Case 79/87", in which the two digits after the oblique stroke (slash) indicate the year.2004, Trevor C. Hartley, European Union Law in a Global Context, page 18
- Synonyms:
- slash
oblique stroke meaning in Tamil
oblique stroke in Tamil
- சரிவடிப்பு
Synonyms of oblique stroke
Forms of oblique stroke
| plural | oblique strokes |
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Origin of oblique stroke
A clarification of the intended sense of oblique.
Words formed from oblique stroke
Questions about oblique stroke
- What does oblique stroke mean?
- Oblique stroke means synonym of slash ⟨/⟩.
- What is oblique stroke in Tamil?
- Oblique stroke in Tamil is சரிவடிப்பு. See Oblique stroke meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is oblique stroke?
- Oblique stroke is a noun.
- What is the plural of oblique stroke?
- The plural of oblique stroke is oblique strokes.
Words near oblique stroke in the dictionary
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