fiducial

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English

Etymology

From Latin fiducialis, from fiducia (“trust”), from fido (“to trust”)

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -uːʃəl

Adjective

fiducial (comparative more fiducial, superlative most fiducial)

1. Accepted as a fixed basis of reference.
2. Based on having trust.

Translations

accepted as a fixed basis of reference

French: fiduciaire (fr) German: (special, medicine) fiduziell (de)

Hebrew: מְהֵימָן (he) Turkish: (physics) miyar birimi türünden (tr), (physics) ölçü birimi türünden (tr)

based on having trust

French: fiduciaire

Turkish: güvenen (tr), itimat eden (tr) (ītimād-eden)

Noun

fiducial (plural fiducials)

1. In manufacturing, a small mark on a circuit board used to align components, a fiducial point.