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virgule
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun virgule has 1 sense
- virgule(n = noun.communication) diagonal, separatrix, slash, solidus, stroke - a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information; Array is a kind of punctuation, punctuation mark
CIDE DICTIONARY
virgule, n. [F. virgule, fr. L. virgula, dim. of virga. See Verge a rod.].
A comma. [1913 Webster]
"In the MSS. of Chaucer, the line is always broken by a cæsura in the middle, which is pointed by a virgule."
[1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
virgule, n.
1 a slanting line used to mark division of words or lines.
2 = SOLIDUS 1.
1 a slanting line used to mark division of words or lines.
2 = SOLIDUS 1.
Etymology
F, = comma, f. L virgula dimin. of virga rod
THESAURUS
virgule
band, bar, bend, bias, cross-hatching, dash, delineation, diagonal, dotted line, hachure, hairline, hatching, line, lineation, oblique, oblique angle, oblique figure, oblique line, rhomboid, score, scratch comma, separatrix, slant, slash, solidus, streak, streaking, striation, strip, stripe, striping, stroke, sublineation, transverse, underline, underlining, underscore, underscoring
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