uncia
Americannoun
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a bronze coin of ancient Rome, the 12th part of an as.
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(in prescriptions) an ounce of weight or volume.
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of uncia
1685–95; < Latin: a twelfth part, akin to ūnus one; cf. inch 1
Example Sentences
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Five of these are placed at the same time in the furnace in which silver-lead is liquated from copper; these drip three centumpondia of lead, each of which contains half an uncia of silver.
From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius
And likewise they add two centumpondia of poor silver-lead, in each of which there is an uncia and a drachma of silver.
From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius
Dosis ab uncia i. ad unc. iv. bis ter. quaterve die.
From An Account of the Diseases which were most frequent in the British military hospitals in Germany by Monro, Donald
One-half uncia of silver would be 12 ozs.
From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius
Quam futilis sit in multis labor C. Barthii ut menda Torini passim sustineat, vel ex hoc loco intelligere licet: Et enim lege modo uncia pro nucea cum Humelbergio, & ista omnia glossemata vana sunt.
From Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome by Vehling, Joseph Dommers
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