<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>A short oblique stroke (/) between two words indicating that whichever is appropriate may be chosen to complete the sense of the text in which they occur: The defendant and his/her attorney must appear in court.</li><li>A dividing line, as in dates, fractions, a run-in passage of poetry to show verse division, etc.: 3/21/27; “Sweetest love, I do not go/For weariness of thee.” (John Donne)</li><li>A short oblique stroke (/) used in computing; a forward slash.</li></ul><p><strong>End of Response</strong></p>