slant

The house was built on a bit of a slant and was never quite level.

Initial inquiries among professional typists uncover names like slant, slant line, slash, and slash mark. Examination of typing instruction manuals discloses additional names such as diagonal and diagonal mark, and other sources provide the designation oblique.

It was a well written article, but it had a bit of a leftist slant.

All batters looked alike to him—I don't believe he ever took a slant at the averages;