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sol⋅i⋅dus

1  [sol-i-duhs]
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–noun, plural -di  [-dahy] .
1. a gold coin of ancient Rome, introduced by Constantine and continued in the Byzantine Empire; bezant.
2. (in medieval Europe) a money of account equal to 12 denarii. Compare sol 2 .
3. virgule.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME < LL solidus (nummus) a solid (coin), a gold (coin)

sol⋅i⋅dus

2  [sol-i-duhs]
–noun Physical Chemistry.
(on a graph of temperature versus composition) the curve connecting the temperatures at which a solid solution is in equilibrium with its vapor and with the liquid solution, and therefore connecting melting temperatures of solid solutions.
Compare liquidus.

Origin:
1900–05; < L: solid

vir⋅gule

  [vur-gyool]
–noun Printing.
1. a short oblique stroke (/) between two words indicating that whichever is appropriate may be chosen to complete the sense of the text in which they occur: The defendant and/or his/her attorney must appear in court.
2. a dividing line, as in dates, fractions, a run-in passage of poetry to show verse division, etc.: 3/21/27; 3/4; Sweetest love I do not go/For weariness of thee.
Also called diagonal, separatrix, shilling mark, slant, slash, solidus; especially British, stroke.

Origin:
1830–40; < F virgule comma, little rod < L virgula; see virgulate
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sol·i·di   (sŏl'ĭ-dī')   
n.  Plural of solidus.
sol·i·dus   (sŏl'ĭ-dəs)   
n.   pl. sol·i·di (-dī')

  1. A gold coin of the Roman Empire used in Europe until the 15th century. Also called bezant.

  2. Printing A virgule; a slash.


[Middle English, from Late Latin (nummus) solidus, a solid (sesterce), from Latin solidus, solid; see solid.]
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Word Origin & History

virgule 
thin sloping line, used as a comma in medieval MSS, 1837, from Fr. virgule, from L. virgula "punctuation mark," lit. "little twig," dim. of virga "shoot, rod, stick." The word had been borrowed in its L. form in 1728.

solidus 
1387, pl. solidi, used of both Eng. shilling and Roman gold coin, from L.L. solidus, an imperial Roman coin (worth about 25 denarii), from nummus solidus, lit. "solid coin" (see solid).
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Science Dictionary
solidus   (sŏl'ĭ-dəs)  Pronunciation Key 
Plural solidi (sŏl'ĭ-dī')
The maximum temperature at which all components of a mixture (such as an alloy) can be in a solid state. Above the solidus some or all of the mixture will be in a liquid state. See illustration at eutectic. Compare liquidus.
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