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Definition of Geometric pace
1. Noun. A modern version of the Roman pace now taken to be 5 feet.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Geometric Pace
Literary usage of Geometric pace
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy by Royal Irish academy (1883)
"A second instrument was a great sphere, notices in diameter than that measure of
the outstretched arms which is commonly called a geometric pace. ..."
2. The Book of Ser Marco Polo: The Venetian by Marco Polo (1903)
"A second instrument was a great sphere [B], not less in diameter than that measure
of the outstretched arms which is commonly called a geometric pace. ..."
3. Copernicus by Ralph Copeland, John Louis Emil Dreyer (1881)
"A second instrument was a great sphere, not less in diameter than that measure
of the outstretched arms which is commonly called a geometric pace. ..."
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