Synonyms: separatrix, slash, solidus, stroke, diagonal, virgule
Definition: a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information
Similar words: punctuation, punctuation mark
Definition: the marks used to clarify meaning by indicating separation of words into sentences and clauses and phrases
Synonyms: diagonal
Definition: (mathematics) a set of entries in a square matrix running diagonally either from the upper left to lower right entry or running from the upper right to lower left entry
Similar words: set
Definition: (mathematics) an abstract collection of numbers or symbols
Usage: the set of prime numbers is infinite
Synonyms: diagonal
Definition: an oblique line of squares of the same color on a checkerboard
Usage: the bishop moves on the diagonals
Similar words: line
Definition: a formation of people or things one behind another
Usage: the line stretched clear around the corner; you must wait in a long line at the checkout counter
Similar words: line
Definition: a formation of people or things one beside another
Usage: the line of soldiers advanced with their bayonets fixed; they were arrayed in line of battle; the cast stood in line for the curtain call
Definition: a line or cut across a fabric that is not at right angles to a side of the fabric
Similar words: straight line
Definition: a line traced by a point traveling in a constant direction; a line of zero curvature
Usage: the shortest distance between two points is a straight line
Synonyms: diagonal
Definition: (geometry) a straight line connecting any two vertices of a polygon that are not adjacent
Similar words: straight line
Definition: a line traced by a point traveling in a constant direction; a line of zero curvature
Usage: the shortest distance between two points is a straight line
Synonyms: aslant, aslope, diagonal, slanted, slanting, sloped, sloping
Definition: having an oblique or slanted direction
Similar words: inclined
Definition: at an angle to the horizontal or vertical position
Usage: an inclined plane
Synonyms: diagonal
Definition: connecting two nonadjacent corners of a plane figure or any two corners of a solid that are not in the same face
Usage: a diagonal line across the page
Similar words: oblique
Definition: slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled
Usage: the oblique rays of the winter sun; acute and obtuse angles are oblique angles; the axis of an oblique cone is not perpendicular to its base