forward slashes

URL dividing marks

Forward slashes are the punctuation marks that lean to the right (/), used to separate alternatives and/or, indicate fractions 3/4, mark line breaks in poetry, or build file paths and web addresses https://example.com/page.

The singular is forward slash.

Also called slashes, strokes, or solidi.

Distinguished from backslashes (\), which lean left.

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symbols · notation · web address · Linux · command line · fraction bar · date format · HTTP · search query · solidus · programming language · separate · punctuation · escape character · URL · delimiter · hierarchy · syntax

Opposites
direction/orientation

forward slashesbackslashes

Leftward-slanting diagonal marks

backward slashes

Family

forward, slash, forwards, forwarder, forwarding, forwarded, slashes, slashed, slashing

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G