Ounce [4]
Ounce [4] :
An old term for a 1/12 part, the English equivalent of the Latin uncia (see def. [1] above). In medieval times, the word was used sometimes for a unit of distance equal to 1/12 yard or 3 inches. It was also used for a unit of time equal to 1/12 moment, or 7.5 seconds. In some settings, an ounce of time was divided into exactly 47 atoms
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