oblique mark
English
Etymology
A clarification of the intended sense of oblique.
Noun
oblique mark (plural oblique marks)
- (typography, uncommon) Synonym of slash ⟨/⟩, sometimes (generally proscribed) inclusive of similar marks such as the backslash ⟨\⟩.
- 1804, William Bingley, North Wales, volume II, page 338:
- The oblique mark ∖ above the letters implies that the notes must come in succession, the upper one first, as this mark / signifies a contrary succession.
- 1941, Rupert Pitt Sorelle, Gregg Typing, page 266:
- Any fraction may be made by typing the numerator, the oblique mark (/), and the denominator. The oblique mark is struck with the small finger of the right hand.
- 2003, Frank P. Donnelly, Touch N Type, page 20:
- Your fourth finger on your right hand strikes semicolon (;) on the home row, reaches up slightly for p, and down to the bottom row slightly right for the oblique mark (/).
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