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fiducial
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. relating to or of the nature of a legal trust (i.e. the holding of something in trust for another); "a fiduciary contract"; "in a fiduciary capacity"; "fiducial power" [syn: fiduciary ] used as a fixed standard of reference for comparison or measurement; ...
Wiktionary
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a. 1 Accepted as a fixed basis of reference. 2 Based on having trust. n. In manufacturing, a small mark on a circuit board used to align components, a fiducial point.
Wikipedia
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Fiducial may refer to: Fiduciary , in law, a person who holds a legal or ethical relationship of trust Fiducial inference , in statistics, a form of interval estimation "Fiducial line" or "fiducial edge" of an alidade , an instrument used to measure the ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Fiducial \Fi*du"cial\, a. [L. fiducia trust, confidence; akin to fides faith. See Faith .] Having faith or trust; confident; undoubting; firm. ``Fiducial reliance on the promises of God.'' --Hammond. Having the nature of a trust; fiduciary; as, ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1570s, "assumed as a fixed basis for comparison," from Latin fiducialis "reliable," from fiducia "trust" (see faith ). From 1620s as "pertaining to trust;" 1832 as "fiduciary."
Usage examples of fiducial.
He moved the joy-stick control to fast wind, watching the fiducial mark as it rose toward the level indicated by the index.
In barometers furnished with a fiducial point for adjusting the lower level, this correction is superfluous, and must not be applied.
A favorite device for perpetuating institutions among the primitive peoples of many districts on different continents is the taboo, or prohibition, which is commonly fiducial but is often of general application.