"straight quote" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: straight quotes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} straight quote (plural straight quotes)
  1. (typography) A vertical quotation mark, ", as distinguished from a curly quote. Categories (topical): Typography Related terms: smart quotes, printer's apostrophe Translations (a vertical quotation mark, ", as distinguished from a curly quote): írógép-idézőjel (Hungarian), írógépes idézőjel (Hungarian), egyenes idézőjel (Hungarian)

Inflected forms

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