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uncia

/uhn-shee-uh/US // ˈʌn ʃi ə //

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural un·ci·ae [uhn-shee-ee]. /ˈʌn ʃiˌi/.

    • : a bronze coin of ancient Rome, the 12th part of an as.
    • : an ounce of weight or volume.

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Examples

  • The twelth part of an acre was called Uncia and half a foot, Semis, &c.

  • Another way is to take two unciae of ore, a semi-uncia of litharge, two drachmae of Venetian glass and a semi-uncia of saltpetre.

  • Lastly, if there is only pure silver, then as much as a third of a libra and a semi-uncia of copper granules are added.

  • Another cement is made of a bes of brick dust, a third of rock salt, an uncia of saltpetre, and half an uncia of refined salt.

  • Of each bes of silver one sicilicus is consumed, or occasionally when very impure, three drachmae or half an uncia.