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backslash definition

back·slash (-slas̸h′)

noun

a short diagonal line (\): a character commonly found on computer keyboards
cf. slash ()

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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