Associations to the word «Virgule»

Wiktionary

VIRGULE, noun. (typography) The diagonal slash character - /, used to separate parts of text, and to represent the word per in expressions such as feet/second.

Dictionary definition

VIRGULE, noun. A punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information.

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky