solidus

Noun

Meaning

a gold coin of the Byzantine Empire; widely circulated in Europe in the Middle Ages

a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

slash bezant stroke diagonal separatrix backslash virgule byzant bezzant nomisma strikethrough hyperpyron

Antonyms

debt arrears dotted line dire poverty critical poverty absolute poverty
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Hypernyms

coin punctuation punctuation mark

Phrases with the word

reverse solidus

Anagrams

dulosis

Examples

A solidus of Theodebert I (534–548) was minted at Mainz. Source: Internet

As in France, the Peruvian sol was originally named after the Roman solidus, but the name of the Peruvian currency is now much more closely linked to the Spanish word for the sun (sol). Source: Internet

Currency The slash (as the "shilling mark" or "solidus") citation. Source: Internet

In all cases, melting of solid rock requires high temperature, and also water or other volatiles which act as a catalyst by lowering the solidus temperature of the rock. Source: Internet

Greco-Roman The solidus was also a Roman weight unit. Source: Internet

Non-eutectic alloys have markedly different solidus and liquidus temperatures, and within that range they exist as a paste of solid particles in a melt of the lower-melting phase. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

solidungulate solidungulate animal solidungulous Solie solieriaceous solifaction