Oblique vs Backslash - What's the difference?
oblique | backslash |
Not erect or perpendicular; neither parallel to, nor at right angles from, the base; slanting; inclined.
* Cheyne
Not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence, disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister.
* Drayton
* De Quincey
* Wordsworth
Not direct in descent; not following the line of father and son; collateral.
* Baker
(botany, of leaves) Having the base of the blade asymmetrical, with one side larger or extending further than the other.
To deviate from a perpendicular line; to move in an oblique direction.
* Projecting his person towards it in a line which obliqued from the bottom of his spine. - Sir. W. Scott.
(military) To march in a direction oblique to the line of the column or platoon; — formerly accomplished by oblique steps, now by direct steps, the men half-facing either to the right or left.
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The punctuation mark .
(computing, rare, proscribed)
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(computing) To escape (a metacharacter) by prepending a backslash that serves as an escape character, thereby forming an escape sequence.
As nouns the difference between oblique and backslash
is that oblique is an oblique line while backslash is the punctuation mark \.As verbs the difference between oblique and backslash
is that oblique is to deviate from a perpendicular line; to move in an oblique direction while backslash is to escape (a metacharacter) by prepending a backslash that serves as an escape character, thereby forming an escape sequence.As an adjective oblique
is not erect or perpendicular; neither parallel to, nor at right angles from, the base; slanting; inclined.oblique
English
Adjective
(er)- It has a direction oblique to that of the former motion.
- The love we bear our friends Hath in it certain oblique ends.
- This mode of oblique research, when a more direct one is denied, we find to be the only one in our power.
- Then would be closed the restless, oblique eye / That looks for evil, like a treacherous spy.
- His natural affection in a direct line was strong, in an oblique but weak.
Derived terms
* oblique angle * oblique arch * oblique ascension * oblique bridge * oblique case * oblique circle * oblique fire * oblique flank * oblique line * oblique motion * oblique muscle * oblique narration * oblique plane * oblique sailing * oblique speech * oblique sphere * oblique step * oblique system of coordinatesVerb
backslash
English
Noun
(backslashes)page 455:
- I began to work backwards, removing first the last part of the address following the last backslash (''/korjournal.htm ).
page 25:
- “So, do what I tell you. Open a browser window and type this in the menu(SIC) bar: F-T-P colon backslash' '''backslash''' euronews dot net ' backslash ...”
- I pecked carefully at the keyboard as he dictated a URL that was about fifty characters long,
page 114:
- Also, avoid submenus(SIC) that can confuse the audience—if you're giving lengthy Web site addresses full of backslashes , shorten it so only the Web site's home page is given.
