Meaning of oblique dash | Babel Free

Definitions

Synonym of slash ⟨/⟩.

Examples

“No punctuation has been inserted in the records of cases... The oblique dash in punctuation is freely used. Where it is used as a mere flourish in conjunction with other punctuation it has been ignored, where it terminates an entry the dash has been read as a full-stop, and where it occurs in the middle of an entry it has been read as a comma.”

“In (9.2) and in the following equations an oblique dash (/) before an index r denotes differentiation with respect to χᵣ.”

“Where Moore's and Finzi's datings differ substantially, both are given, separated by an oblique dash, with Moore's first.”

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