"slant line" meaning in All languages combined

See slant line on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: slant lines [plural]
Etymology: Used to distinguish the intended sense of slant. Head templates: {{en-noun}} slant line (plural slant lines)
  1. (typography) Synonym of slash ⟨/⟩. Categories (topical): Punctuation marks, Typography Synonyms: slash [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-slant_line-en-noun-Tyfp0MMC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Topics: media, publishing, typography

Inflected forms

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    {
      "form": "slant lines",
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        "plural"
      ]
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  ],
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
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          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Punctuation marks",
          "orig": "en:Punctuation marks",
          "parents": [
            "Letters, symbols, and punctuation",
            "Symbols",
            "Orthography",
            "Writing",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Language",
            "Human",
            "Communication",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Typography",
          "orig": "en:Typography",
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            "Printing",
            "Writing",
            "Industries",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Language",
            "Business",
            "Human",
            "Communication",
            "Economics",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Social sciences",
            "Fundamental",
            "Sciences"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1965, Dmitri A. Borgmann, Language on Vacation, page 240:",
          "text": "Initial inquiries among professional typists uncover names like slant, slant line, slash, and slash mark. Examination of typing instruction manuals discloses additional names such as diagonal and diagonal mark, and other sources provide the designation oblique.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "Synonym of slash ⟨/⟩."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "typography",
          "typography"
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        [
          "slash",
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        ],
        [
          "/",
          "/"
        ]
      ],
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        "(typography) Synonym of slash ⟨/⟩."
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            "synonym",
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        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "media",
        "publishing",
        "typography"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "slant line"
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  "etymology_text": "Used to distinguish the intended sense of slant.",
  "forms": [
    {
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "English multiword terms",
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        {
          "ref": "1965, Dmitri A. Borgmann, Language on Vacation, page 240:",
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        "(typography) Synonym of slash ⟨/⟩."
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        }
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  ],
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}

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