solidus
nounEtymology
From Middle English solidus, from classical Latin solidus (“solid”), see below. Doublet of sol, sold, soldo, solid, sou, and xu. In numismatic and weight senses, via medieval Latin solidus (“various coins”), from Late Latin solidus (“a gold coin of the Roman Empire”). In chemical sense, via German Solidus, coined by H.W.B. Roozeboom in his 1899 Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie, Stöchiometrie, und Verwandtschaftslehre (XXX, page 387). In typography, from the shilling mark originally being an abbreviation (a long s ⟨ſ⟩), of Medieval Latin solidus meaning shilling.
Definitions
Various medieval and early modern coins or units of account
The weight of the Roman gold coin, 1/60 of a Roman pound under Diocletian or 1/72 lb.…
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.
A medieval French weight, 1/20 of the Carolingian pound.
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Synonym of slash ⟨/⟩, originally (UK) in its use as the shilling mark and now its formal…
Synonym of slash ⟨/⟩, originally (UK) in its use as the shilling mark and now its formal designation by the ISO and Unicode.
The formal name of the oblique strikethrough overlay (as in A̷ and B̸) in Unicode.
The division line between the numerator and the denominator of a fraction, whether…
The division line between the numerator and the denominator of a fraction, whether horizontal or oblique.
The line in a phase diagram marking the temperatures and pressures below which a given…
The line in a phase diagram marking the temperatures and pressures below which a given substance is a stable solid.
The neighborhood
- synonymnomismaRoman coin
- synonymbezantRoman coin
- synonymslash and strikethroughtypographic symbols
- neighborargenteusRoman coin under Diocletian
- neighbornummus (1Roman coin under Diocletian
- neighbor40)Roman coin under Diocletian
- neighborradiate (1Roman coin under Diocletian
- neighbor200)Roman coin under Diocletian
- neighborlaureate (1Roman coin under Diocletian
- neighbor500)Roman coin under Diocletian
- neighbordenarius (1Roman coin under Diocletian
- neighbor1000)Roman coin under Diocletian
- neighbormiliarenseRoman coin after Constantine I
- neighborsiliqua (1Roman coin after Constantine I
- neighbor24; a modern term)Roman coin after Constantine I
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at solidus. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at solidus. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
9 hops · closes at solidus
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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