"oblique mark" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "A clarification of the intended sense of oblique.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "oblique marks",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "oblique mark (plural oblique marks)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "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",
          "parents": [
            "Printing",
            "Writing",
            "Industries",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Language",
            "Business",
            "Human",
            "Communication",
            "Economics",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Social sciences",
            "Fundamental",
            "Sciences"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1804, William Bingley, North Wales, volume II, page 338:",
          "text": "The oblique mark ∖ above the letters implies that the notes must come in succession, the upper one first, as this mark ／ signifies a contrary succession.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1941, Rupert Pitt Sorelle, Gregg Typing, page 266:",
          "text": "Any fraction may be made by typing the numerator, the oblique mark (/), and the denominator. The oblique mark is struck with the small finger of the right hand.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2003, Frank P. Donnelly, Touch N Type, page 20:",
          "text": "Your fourth finger on your right hand strikes semicolon (;) on the home row, reaches up slightly for p, and down to the bottom row slightly right for the oblique mark (/).",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Synonym of slash ⟨/⟩, sometimes (generally proscribed) inclusive of similar marks such as the backslash ⟨\\⟩."
      ],
      "id": "en-oblique_mark-en-noun-x5yYd2pl",
      "links": [
        [
          "typography",
          "typography"
        ],
        [
          "slash",
          "slash#English"
        ],
        [
          "/",
          "/"
        ],
        [
          "sometime",
          "sometime"
        ],
        [
          "inclusive",
          "inclusive"
        ],
        [
          "similar",
          "similar"
        ],
        [
          "mark",
          "mark"
        ],
        [
          "such as",
          "such as"
        ],
        [
          "backslash",
          "backslash"
        ],
        [
          "\\",
          "\\"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(typography, uncommon) Synonym of slash ⟨/⟩, sometimes (generally proscribed) inclusive of similar marks such as the backslash ⟨\\⟩."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "extra": "imes (generally proscribed) inclusive of similar marks such as the backslash ⟨\\⟩",
          "tags": [
            "synonym",
            "synonym-of"
          ],
          "word": "slash"
        },
        {
          "extra": "imes (generally proscribed) inclusive of similar marks such as the backslash ⟨\\⟩",
          "tags": [
            "synonym",
            "synonym-of"
          ],
          "word": "sometimes"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncommon"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "media",
        "publishing",
        "typography"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "oblique mark"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "oblique mark"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "A clarification of the intended sense of oblique.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "oblique marks",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "oblique mark (plural oblique marks)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "English proscribed terms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with uncommon senses",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
        "en:Punctuation marks",
        "en:Typography"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1804, William Bingley, North Wales, volume II, page 338:",
          "text": "The oblique mark ∖ above the letters implies that the notes must come in succession, the upper one first, as this mark ／ signifies a contrary succession.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1941, Rupert Pitt Sorelle, Gregg Typing, page 266:",
          "text": "Any fraction may be made by typing the numerator, the oblique mark (/), and the denominator. The oblique mark is struck with the small finger of the right hand.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2003, Frank P. Donnelly, Touch N Type, page 20:",
          "text": "Your fourth finger on your right hand strikes semicolon (;) on the home row, reaches up slightly for p, and down to the bottom row slightly right for the oblique mark (/).",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Synonym of slash ⟨/⟩, sometimes (generally proscribed) inclusive of similar marks such as the backslash ⟨\\⟩."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "typography",
          "typography"
        ],
        [
          "slash",
          "slash#English"
        ],
        [
          "/",
          "/"
        ],
        [
          "sometime",
          "sometime"
        ],
        [
          "inclusive",
          "inclusive"
        ],
        [
          "similar",
          "similar"
        ],
        [
          "mark",
          "mark"
        ],
        [
          "such as",
          "such as"
        ],
        [
          "backslash",
          "backslash"
        ],
        [
          "\\",
          "\\"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(typography, uncommon) Synonym of slash ⟨/⟩, sometimes (generally proscribed) inclusive of similar marks such as the backslash ⟨\\⟩."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "extra": "imes (generally proscribed) inclusive of similar marks such as the backslash ⟨\\⟩",
          "tags": [
            "synonym",
            "synonym-of"
          ],
          "word": "slash"
        },
        {
          "extra": "imes (generally proscribed) inclusive of similar marks such as the backslash ⟨\\⟩",
          "tags": [
            "synonym",
            "synonym-of"
          ],
          "word": "sometimes"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncommon"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "media",
        "publishing",
        "typography"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "oblique mark"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "oblique mark"
}