Slash

• A punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information
• The line in 20/20

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
thin sloping line similar to a modern backslash, used as a comma in medieval MSS and still in modern text to indicate line breaks in poetry, 1837, from French virgule (16c.), from Latin virgula "punctuation mark," literally "little twig," diminutive of ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context typography English) The diagonal slash character - ''/'', used to separate parts of text, and to represent the word ''per'' in expressions such as feet/second.

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Virgule \Vir"gule\, n. [F. virgule, fr. L. virgula, dim. of virga. See Verge a rod.] A comma. [R.] In the MSS. of Chaucer, the line is always broken by a c[ae]sura in the middle, which is pointed by a virgule. --Hallam.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information [syn: solidus , slash , diagonal , stroke , separatrix ]

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Virgule (from Latin , " twig ") may refer to either of two typographic symbols : the slash ⟨ / ⟩, particularly when used to mark line breaks in quoted literature the vertical bar ⟨ ⟩, particularly when used to mark metrical feet in poetry "Virgule" is also ...