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FIDUCIAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does fiducial mean?
• FIDUCIAL (adjective)
The adjective FIDUCIAL has 3 senses:
1. relating to or of the nature of a legal trust (i.e. the holding of something in trust for another)
2. used as a fixed standard of reference for comparison or measurement
Familiarity information: FIDUCIAL used as an adjective is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Relating to or of the nature of a legal trust (i.e. the holding of something in trust for another)
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Synonyms:
fiducial; fiduciary
Context example:
fiducial power
Pertainym:
trust (something (as property) held by one party (the trustee) for the benefit of another (the beneficiary))
Sense 2
Meaning:
Used as a fixed standard of reference for comparison or measurement
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Context example:
a fiducial point
Domain category:
natural philosophy; physics (the science of matter and energy and their interactions)
Pertainym:
standard (a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Based on trust
Similar:
trustworthy; trusty (worthy of trust or belief)
Context examples
Also called gold fiducial marker seeds, gold fiducial markers, and gold seeds.
(Gold-seed fiducial markers, NCI Dictionary)
Also called gold fiducial marker seeds, gold fiducial markers, and gold-seed fiducial markers.
(Gold seeds, NCI Dictionary)
Also called gold fiducial marker seeds, gold seeds, and gold-seed fiducial markers.
(Gold fiducial markers, NCI Dictionary)
Also called gold fiducial markers, gold seeds, and gold-seed fiducial markers.
(Gold fiducial marker seeds, NCI Dictionary)
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