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Ancient Roman unit of length
The
uncia
(plural:
unciae
, lit. "
a twelfth
") was a
Roman
unit
of
length
,
weight
, and
volume
. It survived as the
Byzantine liquid ounce
(
Greek
:
ο?γγ?α
,
oungia
) and the origin of the English
inch
,
ounce
, and
fluid ounce
.
The
Roman inch
was equal to
1
⁄
12
of a
Roman foot
(
pes
), which was standardized under
Agrippa
to about 0.97
inches
or 24.6
millimeters
.
[
citation needed
]
The
Roman ounce
was
1
⁄
12
of a
Roman pound
.
[1]
See also
[
edit
]
References
[
edit
]
- ^
"ounce,
n.
1
",
Oxford English Dictionary,
1st ed.
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1911
.
