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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Fiducial \Fi*du"cial\, a. [L. fiducia trust, confidence; akin to fides faith. See {Faith}.] 1. Having faith or trust; confident; undoubting; firm. [bd]Fiducial reliance on the promises of God.[b8] --Hammond. 2. Having the nature of a trust; fiduciary; as, fiducial power. --Spelman. {Fiducial edge} (Astron. & Surv.), the straight edge of the alidade or ruler along which a straight line is to be drawn. {Fiducial} {line [or] point} (Math. & Physics.), a line or point of reference, as for setting a graduated circle or scale used for measurments. | |
