different between rounded vs uncial

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??a?nd?d/
• Hyphenation: round?ed

Verb

rounded

1. simple past tense and past participle of round

Adjective

rounded (comparative more rounded, superlative most rounded)

1. Made into a circle or sphere.
2. Complete or balanced.
3. (mathematics) Describing a number that has been changed to its nearest desired value.
4. (botany) Ending in a broad arch.
5. (linguistics, of a vowel etc.) Pronounced with the lips drawn together.

   Antonym: unrounded

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• redound, underdo

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