solidus

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  1. noun A gold coin of the Roman Empire used in Europe until the 15th century. Also called bezant.
  2. noun Printing A virgule; a slash.

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  • Currently the Scripts do not support a JAVA_HOME-Entry with a trailing backward solidus "\" (a notion that is seemingly preferred in recent scripts), but I could provide a patch —  Dashboard RSS Feed
  • The temperature range between solidus and liquidus. —  MyLinkVault Newest Links
  • (842 °F) and below the solidus of the base materials. —  MyLinkVault Newest Links
  • I agree with you solidus, that is perhaps the most frustrating thing about iTunes. —  digg.com: Stories / Popular
  • The term 'shilling' comes from the Italian solidus, and penny from denarius. —  cafebabel.com
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  1. Middle English, from Late Latin (nummus) solidus, a solid (sesterce), from Latin solidus, solid; see solid.

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  1. Late Latin, an imperial gold coin, Middle Latin applied to various coins, also any piece of money, money (see def.), literally ‘solid’ (sc. nummus, coin): see solid. Cf. soldo, sol, sou.
 

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/ˈsɑlɪdəs/
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