What is the difference between "solidus" and "slash"?

Question

I was reading a text, and I found the word _solidus_. What is a solidus? Is the word normally used in everyday language, or is there another word that replaces _solidus_ even if it's not the completely correct word?

Answer 1

From the Internet:

sol·i·dus

/ˈsälədəs/

noun

1. 1.
2. BRITISH
3. another term for slash¹ (sense 2 of the noun)