Usually means: Ancient Roman unit of weight.
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  1. uncia: Merriam-Webster
  2. uncia: Collins English Dictionary
  3. Uncia, uncia: Wordnik
  4. uncia: Wiktionary
  5. uncia: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. Uncia, uncia: Dictionary.com
  7. Uncia (coin), Uncia (genus), Uncia (length), Uncia (unit), Uncia: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. Uncia: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  9. uncia: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  10. Uncia: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. uncia: FreeDictionary.org
  12. Uncia: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. uncia-: A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Elements

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Uncia (genus): Encyclopedia

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  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Uncia: Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics
  2. How Many? A Dictionary of Units of Measurement (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (uncia)

noun:  (historical) The Roman ounce, 1/12 of a Roman pound.
noun:  (historical) The Roman inch, 1/12 of a Roman foot.
noun:  (historical) A bronze coin minted by the Roman Republic, 1/12 of an as.
noun:  (historical) A Roman unit of land area, 1/12 of a jugerum.
noun:  (pharmacy) Synonym of ounce, the English and American avoirdupois unit of mass.
noun:  Synonym of twelfth.
noun:  (algebra, obsolete) A numerical coefficient in a binomial.

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