solidus

English

/ˈsɒlɪdəs/

noun
Definitions
  • (historical) Various medieval and early modern coins or units of account, particularly:
  • (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) ⟨/⟩, 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) The line in a phase diagram marking the temperatures and pressures below which a given substance is a stable solid.

Etymology

Derived from Latin solidus (gold coin, solid, a gold coin, golden coin, various coins, a Roman gold coin), solidus (gold coin, solid, a gold coin, golden coin, various coins, a Roman gold coin), solidus (gold coin, solid, a gold coin, golden coin, various coins, a Roman gold coin) derived from German Solidus root from Proto-Indo-European *solh₂- (whole, completed, every, unhurt, safe and sound, integrate).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*solh₂-

Gloss

whole, completed, every, unhurt, safe and sound, integrate

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