Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

oblique stroke

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.16 in modern English

Syllables: oblique stroke
IPA

28

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

1

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of slash ⟨/⟩.

Example Sentences

"The oblique, short for oblique stroke or line, is written /, originally the French way of writing or printing a comma."
"They are normally in the form "Case 79/87", in which the two digits after the oblique stroke (slash) indicate the year."

Etymology

A clarification of the intended sense of oblique.

Inflected Forms

oblique strokes (plural)

Derived Forms

stroke

Synonyms

slash

Questions

What does oblique stroke mean?: Synonym of slash ⟨/⟩.
Where does oblique stroke come from?: A clarification of the intended sense of oblique.

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