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Definition of oblique noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

oblique

noun
 
/əˈbliːk/
 
/əˈbliːk/
(British English)
(also slash British and North American English)
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  1. the symbol (/) used to show alternatives, as in lunch and/or dinner and 4/5 people and to write fractions, as in ¾
    Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin obliquus.
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