VIRGULE

solidus, slash, virgule, diagonal, stroke, separatrix

(noun) a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

virgule (plural virgules)

(typography, obsolete or historical) A medieval punctuation mark similar to the slash ⟨/⟩ or pipe ⟨|⟩ and used as a scratch comma and caesura mark.

(typography, dated) A slash, ⟨/⟩ or ⟨／⟩, particularly (literature) in its use to mark line breaks within quotes.

(typography, dated) A pipe, ⟨|⟩, particularly (poetry) in its use to mark metrical feet.

Synonyms

• (all): virgula (rare), virgil (UK)

• (scratch comma): See comma

• (caesura mark): See caesura

• (oblique line): See slash

• (vertical line): See pipe

Source: Wiktionary

Vir"gule, n. Etym: [F. virgule, fr. L. virgula, dim. of virga. See Verge a rod.]

Definition: A comma. [R.] In the MSS. of Chaucer, the line is always broken by a cæsura in the middle, which is pointed by a virgule. Hallam.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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