virgule

vir•gule n. [countable]

Printinga short diagonal stroke (/) between two words indicating that either one may be chosen to complete the sense of the text:The defendant and/or his/her attorney must appear in court.
Printinga dividing line, as in dates or fractions, a run-in passage of poetry in order to show verse division, etc. Also called diagonal.

vir•gule n. [Print.]

Printinga short oblique stroke (/) between two words indicating that whichever is appropriate may be chosen to complete the sense of the text in which they occur:The defendant and/or his/her attorney must appear in court.
Printinga dividing line, as in dates, fractions, a run-in passage of poetry to show verse division, etc.:3/21/27;3/4;Sweetest love I do not go/For weariness of thee.Also called diagonal, separatrix, shilling mark, slant, slash, solidus;
[esp. Brit.,] stroke.

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virgule /ˈvɜːɡjuːl/ n

Etymology: 19th Century: from French: comma, from Latin virgula a little rod, from virga rod

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