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"denominator",
"denominator"
],
[
"fraction",
"fraction"
],
[
"horizontal",
"horizontal"
],
[
"oblique",
"oblique"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(typography) The division line between the numerator and the denominator of a fraction, whether horizontal or oblique."
],
"topics": [
"media",
"publishing",
"typography"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"en:Chemistry",
"en:Physics"
],
"glosses": [
"The line in a phase diagram marking the temperatures and pressures below which a given substance is a stable solid."
],
"links": [
[
"chemistry",
"chemistry"
],
[
"physics",
"physics"
],
[
"phase diagram",
"phase diagram"
],
[
"temperature",
"temperature"
],
[
"pressure",
"pressure"
],
[
"stable",
"stable"
],
[
"solid",
"solid"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(chemistry, physics) The line in a phase diagram marking the temperatures and pressures below which a given substance is a stable solid."
],
"topics": [
"chemistry",
"natural-sciences",
"physical-sciences",
"physics"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈsɑlɪdəs/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈsɒlɪdəs/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-solidus.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d3/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-solidus.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-solidus.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d3/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-solidus.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-solidus.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
},
{
"enpr": "sŏl'ĭdəs"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"sense": "Roman coin",
"word": "nomisma"
},
{
"english": "in Greek and Byzantine contexts",
"sense": "Roman coin",
"word": "bezant"
},
{
"sense": "debased Byzantine successors",
"word": "nomisma"
},
{
"sense": "debased Byzantine successors",
"word": "hyperpyron"
},
{
"sense": "debased Byzantine successors",
"word": "bezant"
},
{
"sense": "typographic symbols",
"word": "slash and strikethrough"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "Roman gold coin",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sòlid"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "Roman gold coin",
"word": "solido"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "Roman gold coin",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "soldius"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "Roman gold coin",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Solidus"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "Roman gold coin",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "soldo"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sólid",
"sense": "Roman gold coin",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "со́лид"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "Roman gold coin",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sueldo"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"slash (typography)",
"solidus (coin)",
"solidus (disambiguation)"
],
"word": "solidus"
}
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