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Webster 1913 Edition

Uncia

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Un′ci-a

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Noun.

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pl.

Unciae

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[L. See

a measure of weight.]

1.

(Rom. Antiq.)

A twelfth part, as of the Roman as; an ounce.

2.

(Alg.)

A numerical coefficient in any particular case of the binomial theorem.

[Obs.]