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 ⟨ / ⟩, particularly in its use to set off pronunciations from other text.
A run: a heading driven diagonally between the dip and strike of a coal seam.
A palette or similar container with slants or sloping depressions.
A crime committed for the purpose of being apprehended and transported to a major settlement.
A point of view, an angle.
A look, a glance.
An opportunity, particularly to go somewhere.
A depression on a palette with a sloping bottom for holding and mixing watercolours.
A person with slanting eyes, particularly an East Asian.
A sloped surface or line.
A pan with a sloped bottom used for holding paintbrushes.
A slope; an incline, inclination.
A sloping surface in a culture medium.
An oblique movement or course.
To lean, tilt or incline.
To bias or skew.
To lie or exaggerate.
Sloping; oblique; slanted.