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uncial

/uhn-shee-uhl, -shuhl/US // ˈʌn ʃi əl, -ʃəl //UK // (ˈʌnsɪəl) //

独体字,独角兽,独联体,独角鲸

Related Words

sign签名,符号,标志,签署alphabet字母表,字母,英文字母,按字母顺序排列cap帽子,上限,帽,封顶character特征minuscule微不足道,微不足道的,微乎其微,渺小的capital资本,首府type类型,种类,型majuscule大写字母,大纲,大写,大写的人rune符文,符石,符咒,符码initial最初的,最初,初始,初始化small letter小字母,小信,小字,小字报small cap小盘股,小型股,小市值,小盘

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : designating, written in, or pertaining to a form of majuscule writing having a curved or rounded shape and used chiefly in Greek and Latin manuscripts from about the 3rd to the 9th century a.d.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an uncial letter.
    • : uncial writing.
    • : a manuscript written in uncials.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inletter
Synonyms
sign签名,符号,标志,签署abcs缩写alphabet字母表,字母,英文字母,按字母顺序排列cap帽子,上限,帽,封顶capital资本,首府character特征majuscule大写字母,大纲,大写,大写的人minuscule微不足道,微不足道的,微乎其微,渺小的rune符文,符石,符咒,符码type类型,种类,型small letter小字母,小信,小字,小字报
as incapital
Synonyms
cap帽子,上限,帽,封顶initial最初的,最初,初始,初始化majuscule大写字母,大纲,大写,大写的人small cap小盘股,小型股,小市值,小盘

Examples

  • The uncial letters are very small and neat, upright and regular, and their breadth is nearly equal to their height.

  • The earlier copies are all in uncial or "capital" letters, cursive or "lower-case" letters being a later invention.

  • This new writing was in two forms—round and pointed—but both were derived from the Roman half-uncial style.

  • C, von Soden δ 3; an uncial palimpsest (the top writing being that of Ephraem) of the 5th century.

  • A Gothic Uncial alphabet redrawn from a German brass is illustrated in 162.

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