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 ⟨/⟩, originally (UK) in its use as the shilling mark and now its formal designation by the ISO and Unicode.
Its successor Byzantine coins, from the eleventh century onward of progressively debased weight and purity.
A Roman ~23k gold coin introduced by Diocletian in AD 301 and called by that name, but reissued at a slightly lower weight by Constantine I.
The formal name of the oblique strikethrough overlay (as in A̷ and B̸) in Unicode.
The weight of the Roman gold coin, 1/60 of a Roman pound under Diocletian or 1/72 lb. (about 4.5 grams) after Constantine.
The line in a phase diagram marking the temperatures and pressures below which a given substance is a stable solid.
A medieval French weight, 1/20 of the Carolingian pound.
The division line between the numerator and the denominator of a fraction, whether horizontal or oblique.