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virgule

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virgule

Noun

∙ A medieval punctuation mark similar to the slash ⟨/⟩ or pipe ⟨|⟩ and used as a scratch comma and caesura mark. typography, obsolete or historical
∙ A slash, ⟨/⟩ or ⟨／⟩, particularly in its use to mark line breaks within quotes. literature
∙ A pipe, ⟨|⟩, particularly in its use to mark metrical feet. poetry

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