Origin: Latin
suffix -al
Fiducial has 5 different meanings across 1 category:
Adjective
Noun
1
In manufacturing, a small mark on a circuit board used to align components, a fiducial point.
Adjective
1
relating to or of the nature of a legal trust (i.e. the holding of something in trust for another)
"a fiduciary contract"
"in a fiduciary capacity"
"fiducial power"
2
used as a fixed standard of reference for comparison or measurement
"a fiducial point"
4
Accepted as a fixed basis of reference.
Example Sentences
"a fiduciary contract"
adjective
"in a fiduciary capacity"
adjective
"fiducial power"
adjective
"a fiducial point"
adjective