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

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aes

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

Further, there is always the difficulty in translation arising from the fact that the Latin aes was indiscriminately copper, brass, and bronze.

From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Georgius Agricola

As is known, the Latin aes, like the Gothic aiz, means both copper and bronze.

From Teutonic Mythology, Vol. 1 of 3 Gods and Goddesses of the Northland by Ph.D.

By the Greeks and Romans both the metal and its alloys were indifferently known as χαλκός and aes.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3 "Convention" to "Copyright" by Various