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foreslash

noun

Etymology

From fore- + slash, a retronym, distinguishing slash from backslash; compare forward slash.

  1. derived from *slītan✻ — “to slit, tear”
  2. derived from esclachier
  3. prefixed as foreslash — “fore + slash”

Definitions

  1. Synonym of slash ⟨/⟩.

    • Yes, that is a combination of foreslashes and backslashes.
    • Don't confuse the backslash (\) with the foreslash (/).
    • ...using transitions labelled by their input and output, separated by a foreslash, with x and y standing for any non-identical nucleotides...

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for foreslash. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA