Used erroneously in reference to, or in reading out, the ordinary slash, that is, the punctuation mark /.
The punctuation mark \.
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To escape (a metacharacter) by prepending a backslash that serves as an escape character, thereby forming an escape sequence.
Synonym of slash ⟨/⟩.
A line or cut across a fabric at an oblique angle to its sides.
A line joining non-adjacent vertices of a polygon.
A line or plane at an oblique angle to another.
Having a slanted or oblique direction.
Of or related to the cater-corner (diagonally opposite) legs of a quadruped, whether the front left and back right or front right and back left.
Joining two nonadjacent vertices (of a polygon or polyhedron).
Having slanted or oblique lines or markings.