solidus
IPA: sˈɑɫʌdɪs
noun
- (historical) Various medieval and early modern coins or units of account
- A Roman ~23k gold coin introduced by Diocletian in AD 301 and called by that name, but reissued at a slightly lower weight by Constantine I.
- Its successor Byzantine coins, from the eleventh century onward of progressively debased weight and purity.
- (obsolete) Synonym of sol or sou: a Carolingian unit of account equivalent to a solidus of silver.
- (obsolete) Synonym of soldo: the silver coins of various Italian states.
- (obsolete) Synonym of shilling: an English unit of account and, following the Tudor dynasty, silver coin.
- (historical) The weight of the Roman gold coin, 1/60 of a Roman pound under Diocletian or 1/72 lb. (about 4.5 grams) after Constantine.
- (historical) A medieval French weight, 1/20 of the Carolingian pound.
- (typography) Synonym of slash ⟨/⟩, originally (UK) in its use as the shilling mark and now its formal designation by the ISO and Unicode.
- (typography) The formal name of the oblique strikethrough overlay (as in A̷ and B̸) in Unicode.
- (typography) The division line between the numerator and the denominator of a fraction, whether horizontal or oblique.
- (chemistry, physics) The line in a phase diagram marking the temperatures and pressures below which a given substance is a stable solid.
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Examples of "solidus" in Sentences
- The solidus replaced the aureus.
- It has to be a solidus, not a slash.
- Solidus was definitely dead this time.
- This is standard english usage of the solidus.
- The two numbers are separated using a solidus.
- A solidus also known as a diagonal, oblique or slash...
- A five centime coin was known as a sou, i.e. a solidus or shilling.
- For this distinction, the solidus may be contrasted to the liquidus.
- A five centime coin was known as a sou , i.e. a solidus or shilling.
- The compact may be sintered just above the solidus temperature of the alloy.
- Charlemagne and later the solidus was the equivalent in value of twelve denarii.
- I agree with you solidus, that is perhaps the most frustrating thing about iTunes.
- It's similar to but not the same as the solidus, which is the diagonal line in a fraction.
- A virgule is closer to the vertical than a solidus, but usually one has to see them side by side in the same typeface to know the difference.
- Phenotypic manipulation by the cestode parasite Schistocephalus solidus of its intermediate host, Gasterosteus aculeatus, the threespine stickleback.
- The relationship between infectivity of Schistocephalus solidus Cestoda and anti-predator behavior of its intermediate host, the three-spined stickleback, Gasterosteus aculeatus.
- The excellence of Byzantine administration—hardly Byzantine at all by our usage—is nowhere clearer than in the power of the Byzantine standard gold coin, the solidus known as the bezant in medieval Europe.
- And I would say that the British pound "knit" the world economy together long before the birth of Ben Bernanke, while the golden solidus of ancient Byzantium circulated as global money ages before the reign of Queen Victoria.
- The earlier denarius, worth about eightpence, clearly will not do; and the matter is made more difficult by the fact that Cassiodorus is talking about the ancients (veteres), whereas the solidus was a comparatively modern coin.
- It is less often remembered that he built a third pillar, almost as important as the other two: he issued a new gold coin, called the solidus in Latin and the nomisma in Greek, which remained the basis of Byzantine coinage for 700 years.