Virgule

Virgule (from Latin virgula, "twig") may refer to either of two typographic symbols:

the slash ⟨/⟩, particularly when used to mark line breaks in quoted literature
the vertical bar ⟨|⟩, particularly when used to mark metrical feet in poetry

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