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Slash (punctuation)

The slash is a slanting line punctuation mark /. It is also known as a stroke or solidus, a forward slash and several other historical or technical names. Once used as the equivalent of the modern period and comma, the slash is now used to represent division and fractions, as a date separator, in between multiple alternative or related terms, and to…

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U+005C \ REVERSE SOLIDUS

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Slash (punctuation)

Nodes281
Edges280
Triples13
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.007117
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Slash (punctuation)

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Slash (punctuation) → .mw-parser-output .monospaced{font-family:monospace,monospace}U+002F / SOLIDUS (/)
See also · 1
Slash (punctuation) → U+005C \ REVERSE SOLIDUS

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slash used also use example mark slashes line division may abbreviation two sometimes one written solidus notation would fraction english

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Slash (punctuation)In Unicode.mw-parser-output .monospaced{font-family:monospace,monospace}U+002F / SOLIDUS (/)1.00infobox
Slash (punctuation)See alsoU+005C \ REVERSE SOLIDUS1.00infobox
Sekretär/-in for general useinstance ofsome advocates of gender neutrality support forms0.80text
HTMLinstance ofPascal and JavaScript to start a single line comment.In SGML and derived languages0.80text
XMLinstance ofPascal and JavaScript to start a single line comment.In SGML and derived languages0.80text
a slash is used in closing tagsinstance ofPascal and JavaScript to start a single line comment.In SGML and derived languages0.80text
the newline commandinstance ofelements0.80text
the Common Log Format used by web serversinstance ofDatesSlashes are a common calendar date separator used across many countries and by some standards0.80text
A/Cinstance ofit is used to mark two-letter initialisms0.80text
m/sinstance ofThe slash in derived units0.80text
mphinstance ofwhich can be seen as analogous to units whose symbols are pure abbreviations0.80text
12/2 Anywhere Road means flatinstance ofan address0.80text

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