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backslash
/ˈbækˌslæʃ/
noun
The punctuation mark \.
Used erroneously in reference to, or in reading out, the ordinary slash, that is, the punctuation mark /.
Antonymsslash
verb
To escape (a metacharacter) by prepending a backslash that serves as an escape character, thereby forming an escape sequence.
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