noun
- plural of virgule; forward slash marks (/) used in writing and typography
Usage: typography; punctuation
Examples
- The editor inserted virgules between the alternative spellings.
- Virgules are commonly used to separate dates in numeric format.
- The poet used virgules to indicate line breaks in the prose version.
- Web addresses contain virgules to separate directory paths.
- Virgules can represent fractions in mathematical expressions.
- The document used virgules to show either/or options.