uncia
Americannoun
plural
unciae-
a bronze coin of ancient Rome, the 12th part of an as.
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(in prescriptions) an ounce of weight or volume.
Etymology
Origin of uncia
1685–95; < Latin: a twelfth part, akin to ūnus one; cf. inch 1
Example Sentences
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Thus, we have a nail; pollex, pouce, pulgada, Swedish tum, for an inch; which word has been misapplied by our Saxon predecessors, and corrupted from the Latin uncia, which related only to weight.
From Sound Mind or, Contributions to the natural history and physiology of the human intellect by Haslam, John
"Dicat films Albini: si de quincunce remota est uncia, quid superat? poteras dixisse." "triens." "eu! rem poteris servare tuam."
From Social life at Rome in the Age of Cicero by Fowler, W. Warde
The uncia into four sicilici, the sicilicus into thirty-six siliquae.
From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius
This is the Felis uncia, allied to the panther and the cheetah.
From Milton's Comus by Bell, William
One-half uncia of silver would be 12 ozs.
From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius
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