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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In the same way, from eleven cartloads of quaternary cakes thrice roasted, he makes the "final" cakes, of which one centumpondium contains only half an uncia of silver.
From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius
Another is made of half a libra of brick dust, a third of a libra of rock salt, an uncia and a half of vitriol, and one uncia of saltpetre.
From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius
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
Five cakes are placed at the same time in the furnace in which argentiferous lead is liquated from copper, and from these are made lead which contains half an uncia of silver to the centumpondium.
From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius
Dosis repetend. 3tiis. 4tis. vel 6tis. horis—Eodem modo sit haustus cum spirit. mindereri uncia dimidiâ.
From An Account of the Diseases which were most frequent in the British military hospitals in Germany by Monro, Donald
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