Definition of uncial in English:
uncial
1Of or written in a majuscule script with rounded unjoined letters which is found in European manuscripts of the 4th–8th centuries and from which modern capital letters are derived.
（欧洲4-8世纪，近代大写字母之源）安色尔字体的；用安色尔字体写的- Apparently, ‘cursive’ writing replaced ‘uncial’ writing in the 8th century.
upper-case, block2rare Relating to an inch or an ounce.
〈罕〉一英寸长的；一盎司重的- The uncial system was adopted by the Greeks of Sicily.
1An uncial letter or script.
安色尔体字母；安色尔字体- The codices produced in this period bear display scripts in capitals and uncials executed in double tracing, and are also remarkable for the narrowing of certain letter-forms like for instance the ‘O’.
- High-grade book scripts were angular square capitals suited to inscriptions and the chisel, more fluid rustic capitals and rounded uncials suited to the pen.
capital letter, upper-case letter, block capital- 1.1 A manuscript in uncial script.安色尔字体手稿
- Because minuscules are generally later than uncials, and also because they were easier to produce, minuscule copies outnumber uncials of the New Testament in a ratio of ten to one.
Origin
Mid 17th century: from Latin uncialis, from uncia 'inch'. sense 1 of the adjective is in the late Latin sense of unciales litterae 'uncial letters', the original application of which is unclear.
Definition of uncial in US English:
uncial
1Of or written in a majuscule script with rounded unjoined letters which is found in European manuscripts of the 4th–8th centuries and from which modern capital letters are derived.
（欧洲4-8世纪，近代大写字母之源）安色尔字体的；用安色尔字体写的- Apparently, ‘cursive’ writing replaced ‘uncial’ writing in the 8th century.
upper-case, block2rare Relating to an inch or an ounce.
〈罕〉一英寸长的；一盎司重的- The uncial system was adopted by the Greeks of Sicily.
1An uncial letter or script.
安色尔体字母；安色尔字体- High-grade book scripts were angular square capitals suited to inscriptions and the chisel, more fluid rustic capitals and rounded uncials suited to the pen.
- The codices produced in this period bear display scripts in capitals and uncials executed in double tracing, and are also remarkable for the narrowing of certain letter-forms like for instance the ‘O’.
capital letter, upper-case letter, block capital- 1.1 A manuscript in uncial script.安色尔字体手稿
- Because minuscules are generally later than uncials, and also because they were easier to produce, minuscule copies outnumber uncials of the New Testament in a ratio of ten to one.
Origin
Mid 17th century: from Latin uncialis, from uncia ‘inch’. uncial (sense 1 of the adjective) is in the late Latin sense of unciales litterae ‘uncial letters’, the original application of which is unclear.