solidus, slash, virgule, diagonal, stroke, separatrix
(noun) a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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.
• (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
9 May 2025
(noun) anything in accord with principles of justice; “he feels he is in the right”; “the rightfulness of his claim”
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
