fiducial

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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)

Noun

fiducial (plural fiducials)

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