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aes

American  
[eez] / iz /

noun

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


Etymology

Origin of aes

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

Example Sentences

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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

Therefore the angles aie, and aes, are equall.

From The Way To Geometry by Bedwell, William

The Romans used to pay the watermen their fare at their first stepping into the boat, which we never do till after landing: "Dum aes exigitur, dum mula ligatur, Tota abit hora."

From The Essays of Montaigne — Complete by Montaigne, Michel de

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)

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