aes

American  

[eez] / iz /

noun

1. any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.

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Etymology

Origin of aes

< Latin: copper, bronze, money made from them, money in general; see ore

Example Sentences

The NSA decrypts 256bit aes encryption all the time, it takes a few days with massvely parallel clusters but, it can be done in a reasonable amount of time.

From New York Times • Feb. 24, 2016

And so these images of him would have their effect on the aes thetic of the happening in the '60s, as on avant-garde dance in the '70s.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Latin name for this metal was aes Brundusinum, or "brass of Brindisi."

From Stories That Words Tell Us by O'Neill, Elizabeth (Elizabeth Speakman)

This in the form of aes rude has frequently been found in considerable quantities, and the larger and better formed bits of metals known as aes signatum are not rare.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" by Various

Therefore it is the double of the angles aes: Whose double also is the angle uei, by the 7 e. xvj. insisting indeede upon a double periphery.

From The Way To Geometry by Bedwell, William