To escape (a metacharacter) by prepending a backslash that serves as an escape character, thereby forming an escape sequence.
The punctuation mark \.
Used erroneously in reference to, or in reading out, the ordinary slash, that is, the punctuation mark /.
|passage= […] I was trying to find a web-site for which I had been given the following address: http://www.isop.ucla.edu/pacrim/pubs/korjournal.htm. […] I began to work backwards, removing first the last part of the address following the last backslash (/korjournal.htm).}}
To go out of a straight line; to deflect.
To bend; to incline; to give way.
To wander from any line prescribed, or from a rule or duty; to depart from what is established by law, duty, custom, or the like; to deviate.
Of a projectile, to travel in a curved line
To climb or move upward by winding or turning.
To go out of one's way to avoid; to snub.
To turn aside or deviate to avoid impact.
To drive in the trajectory of another vehicle to stop it, to cut off.
A sudden movement out of a straight line, for example to avoid a collision.
A deviation from duty or custom.