uncia

American  

[uhn-shee-uh] / ˈʌn ʃi ə /

noun

plural

unciae

1. a bronze coin of ancient Rome, the 12th part of an as.

2. (in prescriptions) an ounce of weight or volume.

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Etymology

Origin of uncia

1685–95; < Latin: a twelfth part, akin to ūnus one; cf. inch ¹

Example Sentences

Another way is to take two unciae of prepared ore, five drachmae of roasted copper, one uncia of glass, or glass-galls reduced to powder, a semi-uncia of salt, and mix them.

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

A centumpondium weighs 70.6 lbs. avoirdupois, an uncia 412.2 Troy grains, therefore, this value is equal to 72 ounces 18 pennyweights per short ton.

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

The counters were made of various materials, ivory principally, “Adeo nulla uncia nobis est eboris, etc.”

From The Earliest Arithmetics in English by Steele, Robert

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