virgule
vir·gule (vûr
gy
l)
n. Printing
A diagonal mark ( / ) used especially to separate alternatives, as in and/or, to represent the word per, as in miles/hour,Old King Cole/Was a merry old soul.
and to indicate the ends of verse lines printed continuously, as in
[French, comma, obelus, from Late Latin virgula, accentual mark, from Latin, obelus, diminutive of virga, rod.]
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virgule – a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of informationBased on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2008 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.
