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; 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

Copper was in Latin aes Cyprium, or "brass of Cyprus."

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

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

As among the Romans aes meant both copper and money; and among the French argent means both silver and money in general; so in England gold is the common expression for coin of any substance.

From Moon Lore by Harley, Timothy