(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 4:03:50

Un"ci*a (?), n.; pl. Unciae (#). [L. See Ounce 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.]

 

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