What is an oblique on a keyboard?

The oblique on a keyboard is ' / ', it is more commonly called a slash, stroke, slant, or forward slash. The word oblique means inclined, having no right angle, not straightforward, or devious. Oblique came from Middle English oblike or Latin obliquus. Some synonyms are askew, crazy, crooked, lopsided, awry, skewed, tilted, and uneven.
Updated on Sunday, February 05 2012 at 03:33PM GMT
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