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solidus

/ˈsɒlɪdəs/

noun

Meaning

  • A slashing action or motion, particularly:

  • A mark made by a slashing motion, particularly:

  • Something resembling such a mark, particularly:

  • The loose woody debris remaining from a slash, (particularly forestry) the trimmings left while preparing felled trees for removal.

    "Slash generated during logging may constitute a fire hazard."

  • Slash fiction.

Synonyms

gash,
bar,
diagonal,
diagonal mark,
foreslash,
forward slash,
forward stroke,
front slash,
frontslash,
oblique,
oblique dash,
oblique mark,
oblique stroke,
scratch comma,
separatrix,
shilling mark,
slant,
slant line,
slash mark,
solidus,
stroke,
virgil,
virgula,
virgule,
whack,
cunt

noun

Meaning

  • A drink of something; a draft.

  • A piss: an act of urination.

noun

Meaning

  • A swampy area; a swamp.

  • A large quantity of watery food such as broth.

noun

Meaning

  • The period of a transitory breeze.

  • An interval of good weather.

  • The loose part of a rope; slack.

noun

Meaning

  • Various medieval and early modern coins or units of account, particularly:

  • The weight of the Roman gold coin, 1/60 of a Roman pound under Diocletian or 1/72 lb. (about 4.5 grams) after Constantine.

  • A medieval French weight, 1/20 of the Carolingian pound.

  • The formal name of the oblique strikethrough overlay (as in A̷ and B̸) in Unicode.

  • The division line between the numerator and the denominator of a fraction, whether horizontal or oblique.

  • The line in a phase diagram marking the temperatures and pressures below which a given substance is a stable solid.

Synonyms

bezant,
nomisma,
bezant,
hyperpyron,
nomisma,
slash,
strikethrough