fiducial point

  • 1Fiducial point — Fiducial Fi*du cial, a. [L. fiducia trust, confidence; akin to fides faith. See {Faith}.] 1. Having faith or trust; confident; undoubting; firm. Fiducial reliance on the promises of God. Hammond. [1913 Webster] 2. Having the nature of a trust;… …

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  • 2Fiducial — Fi*du cial, a. [L. fiducia trust, confidence; akin to fides faith. See {Faith}.] 1. Having faith or trust; confident; undoubting; firm. Fiducial reliance on the promises of God. Hammond. [1913 Webster] 2. Having the nature of a trust; fiduciary;… …

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  • 3Fiducial edge — Fiducial Fi*du cial, a. [L. fiducia trust, confidence; akin to fides faith. See {Faith}.] 1. Having faith or trust; confident; undoubting; firm. Fiducial reliance on the promises of God. Hammond. [1913 Webster] 2. Having the nature of a trust;… …

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  • 4Fiducial line — Fiducial Fi*du cial, a. [L. fiducia trust, confidence; akin to fides faith. See {Faith}.] 1. Having faith or trust; confident; undoubting; firm. Fiducial reliance on the promises of God. Hammond. [1913 Webster] 2. Having the nature of a trust;… …

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  • 5fiducial — [fi do͞o′shəl, fidyo͞o′shəl; fīdo͞o′shəl, fīdyo͞o΄shəl] adj. [L fiducialis < fiducia, trust: see FIDUCIARY] 1. based on firm faith 2. used as a standard of reference for measurement or calculation [a fiducial point] 3. FIDUCIARY …

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  • 6Fiducial — * In law the term fiducial means of or pertaining to a fiduciary .* In imaging technology, a fiduciary marker or fiducial is an object used in the field of view of an imaging system which appears in the image produced, for use as a point of… …

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  • 7fiducial — fiducially, adv. /fi dooh sheuhl, dyooh /, adj. 1. accepted as a fixed basis of reference or comparison: a fiducial point; a fiducial temperature. 2. based on or having trust: fiducial dependence upon God. [1565 75; < LL fiducialis, equiv. to&#8230; …

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  • 8fiducial — fi•du•cial [[t]fɪˈdu ʃəl, ˈdyu [/t]] adj. 1) accepted as a fixed basis of reference or comparison: a fiducial point[/ex] 2) based on or having trust: fiducial dependence upon God[/ex] • Etymology: 1565–75; &LT; LL fīdūciālis= L fīdūci(a) trust&#8230; …

    From formal English to slang

  • 9fiducial — /fɪˈdjuʃiəl/ (say fi dyoohsheeuhl) adjective 1. Physics, etc. accepted as a fixed basis of reference or comparison: a fiducial point. 2. based on or having trust: fiducial dependence upon God. {Medieval Latin fīdūciālis, from Latin fīdūcia trust} …

  • 10fiducial — 1. adjective a) Accepted as a fixed basis of reference. b) Based on having trust. 2. noun In manufacturing, a small mark on a circuit board used to align components, a fiducia …

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