oblique stroke

English

Etymology

A clarification of the intended sense of oblique.

Noun

oblique stroke (plural oblique strokes)

1. (typography) Synonym of slash ⟨/⟩.
   • 1953, Eric Partridge, You Have a Point There: A Guide to Punctuation and Its Allies, page 155:

     The oblique, short for oblique stroke or line, is written /, originally the French way of writing or printing a comma.

   • 2004, Trevor C. Hartley, European Union Law in a Global Context, page 18:

     They are normally in the form "Case 79/87", in which the two digits after the oblique stroke (slash) indicate the year.

Derived terms

• stroke