Fiducial Definition & Meaning

fiducial
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"
  3. based on trust

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