different between ounce vs uncial

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?ns/
• Rhymes: -a?ns

Etymology 1

From Middle English ounce, unce, from Middle French once, from Latin uncia (“twelfth part”), from ?nus (“one”). Doublet of inch.

Noun

ounce (plural ounces) abbreviation oz. or ?

1. An avoirdupois ounce, weighing ¹?₁₆ of an avoirdupois pound, or 28.3495 grams.
2. A troy ounce, weighing ¹?₁₂ of a troy pound, or 480 grains, or 31.1035 grams.
3. A US fluid ounce, with a volume of ¹?₁₆ of a US pint, 1.8047 cubic inches or 29.5735 millilitres.
4. A British imperial fluid ounce, with a volume of ¹?₂₀ of an imperial pint, 1.7339 cubic inches or 28.4131 millilitres.
5. A little bit.

Synonyms

• (avoirdupois ounce): symbol: ? (pharmacy)
• (small amount): see also Thesaurus:modicum

Descendants

• ? Tokelauan: aunehe

Related terms

• inch

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle French once, from Old French lonce (“lynx”), by false division (the l was thought to be the article), from Italian lonza, ultimately from Ancient Greek ???? (lúnx, “lynx”). Doublet of onza.

Noun

ounce (plural ounces)

1. (now archaic) A large wild feline, such as a lynx or cougar. [from 14th c.]
   • 1634, William Wood, New Englands Prospect:

     The Ounce or the wilde Cat, is as big as a mungrell dog, this creature is by nature feirce, and more dangerous to bee met withall than any other creature, not fearing eyther dogge or man […].

   • 1801, Robert Southey, Thalaba the Destroyer:

     Halloa! another prey,
     The nimble Antelope!
     The ounce is freed; one spring,
     And his talons are sheath’d in her shoulders,
     And his teeth are red in her gore.

2. Now specifically, the snow leopard, Uncia uncia. [from 18th c.]

References

• snow leopard on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Uncia uncia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Uncia uncia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• Cuneo, cuneo-, on cue

Middle English

Alternative forms

• unce, ownce, ounse, nounce, nowns

Etymology

From Middle French once, from Old French once, unce, from Latin uncia. Doublet of ynche.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?u?ns(?)/, /?uns(?)/

Noun

ounce (plural ounces or ounce)

1. An ounce (unit with much variation, but generally equivalent to 1/12 or 1/16 of a pound)
2. (rare) A shekel (ancient measure of weight)
3. (rare) A minuscule or insignificant amount or quantity.

4. (rare) An eight-minute unit for measuring time.
5. (rare) A three-inch unit for measuring length.

Descendants

• English: ounce, unce
• Scots: ounce

References

• “?unce, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-02-25.

English

Etymology 1

Attested 1650, from Latin uncia (“a twelfth part, ounce, inch”).

Adjective

uncial (comparative more uncial, superlative most uncial)

1. (rare) Of or relating to an ounce, or an inch, especially to letters printed an inch high.

Etymology 2

Attested 1712, from Late Latin unciales (“uncials”), unciales litterae (“uncial letters”) (Jerome), plural of uncialis (“pertaining to one twelfth part, ounce, or inch”), from uncia (“one twelfth part, ounce, inch”). The literal meaning is unclear: some references indicate "inch-high letters", but see “Uncial script” in Wikipedia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??n.si.?l/, /??n.?i.?l/, /??n.??l/

Adjective

uncial (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to a majuscule style of writing with unjoined, rounded letters, originally used in the 4th–9th centuries.

Translations

Noun

uncial (plural uncials)

1. A style of writing using uncial letters.
2. A letter in this style.
3. A manuscript in this style.

Translations

Derived terms

• semi-uncial, half-uncial

Related terms

• uncia
• ounce
• inch

References

Anagrams

• Alcuin, Lucian, Lucina

Spanish

Adjective

uncial (plural unciales)

1. uncial

Noun

uncial f (plural unciales)

1. uncial