Definition of Groma

1. Noun. A Roman surveying instrument having plumb lines hanging from four arms at right angles ¹

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Definition of Groma

1. a surveying instrument [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Groma

groin attack
groin ulcer
groinal
groined
groined vault
groining
groinings
groins
groinward
grok
grokked
grokking
groks
grom
groma (current term)
gromas
gromet
gromets
gromill
grommet
grommeted
grommeting
grommets
groms
gromwells
grone
groned
grones

Literary usage of Groma

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Archaeological Journal by British Archaeological Association (1920)
"The various publications did not contain even an elementary description of a geodetical Roman instrument such as the ' groma.' The information available in ..."

2. The Recent Discoveries of Roman Remains Found in Repairing the North Wall of by John Parsons Earwaker (1888)
"The groma or gruma (for each form is found) was, according to Festus, " a surveyor's pole, or measuring rod," and by metaphor it was applied to the centre ..."

3. Journal by Royal Institution of Great Britain (1891)
"The word groma which originally denoted any cross roads, might easily become Roma or Ruma, an initial « G » sometimes disappearing before another consonant, ..."

4. Harper's Dictionary of Classical Literature and Antiquities by Harry Thurston Peck (1897)
"groma. The measuring instrument used by land-surveyors, who were from it called ... The groma is represented on the gravestone of a gramáticas found some ..."

5. Transactions by Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (1884)
"The groma, with its right-angled arms, would make the process easy. ... It is marked B. The Surveyor then fixed his groma at 0, as nearly as possible in the ..."

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