From: Christian Holm Christensen (cholm@hehi03.nbi.dk)
Date: Wed Nov 20 2002 - 08:34:00 EST
Hi "Claus O. E. Jorgensen" <ekman@nbi.dk> wrote concerning Bdst analyse [Tue, 19 Nov 2002 17:00:38 +0100 (MET)] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > - Fiducial cuts? >From the dictionary: Fiducial Fi*du"cial, a. L. fiducia trust, confidence; akin to fides faith. See Faith. 1. Having faith or trust; confident; undoubting; firm. ``Fiducial reliance on the promises of God.'' --Hammond. 2. Having the nature of a trust; fiduciary; as, fiducial power. --Spelman. Fiducial edge (Astron. & Surv.), the straight edge of the alidade or ruler along which a straight line is to be drawn. Fiducial line or point (Math. & Physics.), a line or point of reference, as for setting a graduated circle or scale used for measurements. fiducial adj 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" syn: fiduciary 2: based on trust So I guess `fiducial cut' is a cut applied with blind faith, and not due to reasoning or measurements!? In essence a `guesstimate'. Yours, ___ | Christian Holm Christensen |_| | ------------------------------------------------------------- | | Address: Sankt Hansgade 23, 1. th. Phone: (+45) 35 35 96 91 _| DK-2200 Copenhagen N Cell: (+45) 24 61 85 91 _| Denmark Office: (+45) 353 25 305 ____| Email: cholm@nbi.dk Web: www.nbi.dk/~cholm | |
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