uncia

  1. Noun.  (classical studies) A twelfth part, an ounce, or an inch.
  2. Noun.  (pharmacy) An ounce.
  3. Noun.  A bronze coin minted during the Roman Republic, valued at one-twelfth of an as.
  4. Noun.  (algebra) A numerical coefficient in a case of the binomial theorem.

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