Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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; fiduciary; as, fiducial
power. --Spelman.
[1913 Webster]
{Fiducial edge} (Astron. & Surv.), the straight edge of the
alidade or ruler along which a straight line is to be
drawn.
{Fiducial line} or {Fiducial point} (Math. & Physics.), a
line or point of reference, as for setting a graduated
circle or scale used for measurements.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fiducial
adj 1: 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}, {fiducial}]
2: used as a fixed standard of reference for comparison or
measurement; "a fiducial point"
3: based on trust
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