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Definition: Uncial |
UncialAdjective1. Relating to or written in majuscule letters (which resemble modern capitals); "uncial letters". Noun1. A style of orthography characterized by somewhat rounded capital letters; found especially in Greek and Latin manuscripts of the 4th to 8th centuries. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "uncial" was first used: 1650. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Publishing & Graphic Arts | Consisting of a form of letter found in early. . . Greek manuscripts. The uncial characters are large and of nearly univorm size, resembling modern capitals but with greater roundness. Source: European Union. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
As the script evolved over the centuries, the characters became more complex. Specifically, around 600 CE, flourishes and exaggerations of the basic strokes began to appear in more manuscripts. Ascenders and descenders were the first major alterations, followed by twists of the tool in the basic stroke and overlapping. By the time the more compact minuscule scripts awoke circa 800 CE, some of the evolved uncial styles formed the basis for these simplified, smaller scripts. Uncial was still used, particularly for copies of the Bible, tapering off until around the 10th century.
The word, uncial, is also sometimes used to refer to manuscripts that have been scribed in uncial, especially when differentiating from those which have been penned with minuscule. Some of the most noteworthy Greek uncials are:
Modern calligraphy usually teach a form of evolved Latin based uncial hand that would probably be best compared to the later, 7th to 10th century examples, though admittedly, the variations in Latin uncial are much wider and less rigid than Greek. Modern uncial has borrowed heavily from some of the conventions found in more cursive scripts, using flourishes, variable width strokes, and on occasion, even center axis tilt.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Uncial."
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Letter | Adjective: literal; alphabetical, abecedarian; syllabic; majuscular, minuscular; uncial; (writing). |
Writing | Uncial, Runic, cuneiform, hieroglyphical. |
Letter; uncial writing, cuneiform character, arrowhead, Ogham, Runes, hieroglyphic; contraction; Brahmi, Devanagari, Nagari; script. | |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Uncial |
| English words defined with "uncial": minuscular, minuscule. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "uncial": Alexandrian Codex ♦ uncial character, Uncial Letters ♦ Vaticanus, Codex. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Uncial" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Portuguese (uncial), Romanian (uncial). |
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Books | |
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| "Uncial" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 85.71% of the time. "Uncial" is used about 7 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 85.71% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Noun (proper) | 14.29% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 7 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "uncial": uncial character. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "uncial": half-uncial. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
uncial | 9 |
uncial font | 6 |
font free uncial | 3 |
calligraphy uncial | 3 |
uncial writing | 2 |
celtic uncial | 2 |
american uncial | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "uncial"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | unicial, dorëshkrim i shkruar me shrift unicial. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | унциален шрифт, унциален, ръкопис в унциален шрифт, буква от унциален шрифт. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | یک دوازدهمی , حروف الفبای قدیم یونان وروم , شبیه یک دوازدهم . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | onciale (uncial character). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | unzialschrift, unziale, unzialbuchstabe, unzial-, schriftstück in unzialschrift, dokument in unzialschrift. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | μεγάλα γράμματα αρχαίων χειρογράφων. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | unciális írás, unciális. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | unshagh. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ialuncay uncial, letra uncial. (various references) uncial. (various references) унциальный. (various references) uncijalan, veliko slovo (capital letter, majuscule, upper-case letter). (various references) yuvarlak majiskül harflerle yazılmış, yuvarlak majiskül harf. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | uncialis. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "uncial": uncially, uncials. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "uncial": internuncial, quincuncial. (additional references) | |
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"Uncial" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Dunciad, duncical, incal, incial, juncal, Junipall, Munkedal, ncia, nubial, nucile, Nucula, Pundijl, Ucal, Uccialli, uncal, uncel, uncia, unic, Unica, unical, Unilab, unimal, unkeel, Yunxia. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-i-l-n-u" | |
-1 letter: aulic, linac, uncia. | |
-2 letters: anil, cain, caul, clan, laic, lain, luna, nail, ulan, ulna, unai, unci. | |
-3 letters: ail, ain, ani, can, lac, lin, nil. | |
-4 letters: ai, al, an, in, la, li, na, nu, un. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-i-l-n-u" | |
+1 letter: cauline, cingula, incudal, inocula, lunatic, uncials, uncinal, vincula. | |
+2 letters: acauline, aluminic, anticult, baculine, calquing, caulking, cislunar, culinary, dulciana, dulcinea, duncical, fanciful, lunacies, lunatics, maculing, nautical, nudicaul, publican, sultanic, uncially, univocal, unlacing, unsocial, uranylic, vulcanic. | |
+3 letters: acidulent, antiulcer, binocular, cacuminal, callusing, calumnies, canicular, capsuling, caulkings, cingulate, clinquant, connubial, continual, culminant, culminate, cupolaing, dulcianas, dulcineas, euclidean, euclidian, funicular, inculcate, inculpate, incunable, incurable, incurably, inoculant, inoculate, involucra, jubilance, lacunaria, launching, lubricant, luminance, masculine, municipal, navicular, neuralgic, numerical, publicans, ranunculi, raunchily, suctional, uncannily, unclaimed, unclarity, uncynical, unethical, univocals, unlyrical, unmusical, untypical, upscaling, vulcanian, vulcanise, vulcanism, vulcanize. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)55 6E 63 69 61 6C |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)..- -. -.-. .. .- .-.. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010101 01101110 01100011 01101001 01100001 01101100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)U n c i a l |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0055 006E 0063 0069 0061 006C |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)558069756778 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Albanian | fjalor, qartësi, përcaktim, saktësi, transmetim, transferim | shqip, албанец, албански език, албански, Albanais, albaner, αλβανικόσ, Αλβανός, αλβανόσ, albán, Albaneagh, albanês, arnãut, albanez, arnãuţesc, албанский, albanski, albanac, Arnavut |
Bulgarian | речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, превод | bulgr, български, български език, българин, bulgare, 'ούλγαρος, bolgár, Bulgeyragh, Bulgeyrish, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin, bulgaristan ile ilgili |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | frëngjishte, frëng, franceze, френски език, френски, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, francia, Ny Frangee, Mooinjey ny Frank, francês, francezii, franţuzesc, francezã, francez, franţuzeşte, французский, francuski jezik, francuski, francuzi, fransızca, fransız, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransa ile ilgili |
German | Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition | gjerman, германски, немски език, немски, немец, роден, готически, германец, allemand, "ερμανός, német, Germaanish, Germaanagh, Garmane, Carmane, alemão, neamţ, немецкий, germanski, alman |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | гръцки език, гръцки, грък, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, görög, Greagish, Greagagh, grego, greacã, греческий, грек, grčki, grk, grčki jezik, yunanistan'a ait, yunanca, yunan, Yunanli, yunanlı, Rumca, rum |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | унгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, hongrois, Ungar, Ούγγρος, magyar, Ungaarish, Ungaaragh, unguresc, limba ungarã, limba maghiarã, ungureşte, ungur, maghiar, венгр, венгерский, mađarski jezik, mađarski, mađar, macarca, macar |
Manx | fockleyr, geyrid, meenaghey, keeayllaght, baght | gjuha e popullsisë së ishullit men, manx, mann-szigeti nyelv, Manninish, Manninagh, Gaelgagh, Yn Ghaelg, язык жителей о-ва мэн, с о-ва мэн, s ostrva mana, man adası, man dili |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | portugez, portugalisht, португалски, португалски език, португалец, portugais, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portugál, Portiugish, Portiugagh, português, portughez, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalac, portugalski, portekizce, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli |
Romanian | dicţionar, definiţie, determinare, definire, translaţie, traducere, tãlmãcire | rumun, румънски език, румънски, румънец, Roumain, rumäne, ρουμανόσ, Ρουμάνος, román, Roomainagh, romeno, român, румынский, румын, rumunski jezik, rumunski |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | руски език, руски, руснак, Russe, russisch, Ρώσος, orosz, Rooshish, Rooshagh, русский, ruski jezik, ruski, Rusça |
Serbo-Croatian | leksikon, rečnik, definicija, tumačenje | serbokroatisch, servo-croata, sârbo-croat, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski |
Turkish | sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercüme | turk, турски език, турски, turque, türkisch, τούρκικοσ, török, Yn Turkish, Turkagh, turcesc, turc, турецкий, turski jezik, turski, türkçe, türk |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | anglezët, anglez, gjuhë zngleze, anglishte, anglisht, английски език, английски, англичаните, anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, angol, Sostynagh, Sostnagh, Baarlagh, inglês, englezesc, английский, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Usage Frequency | 5. Expressions 6. Expressions: Internet 7. Translations: Modern 8. Translations: Ancient | 9. Derivations 10. Anagrams 11. Orthography 12. Bibliography |
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