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- noun A
Roman surveying instrument havingplumb lines hanging from four arms atright angles
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Examples
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The groma consisted of crossed arms resting on a bracket attached to a vertical staff.
Book review: Thunderer by Felix Gilman ewillett 2009
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The groma could be used to survey straight lines, right angles and rectangles.
Book review: Thunderer by Felix Gilman ewillett 2009
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The ancient Romans did pretty well using just three simple instruments: the groma, the chorobate, and measuring rods.
Book review: Thunderer by Felix Gilman ewillett 2009
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Scholars have talked, indeed, of a Greek origin or of an Etruscan origin, and the technical term for the Roman surveying instrument, _groma_, has been explained as the Greek word 'gnomon', borrowed through an
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You learn a little bit about ancient Rome, and about how they did things love that groma - the surveying tool that's like a dangly mobile and allowed the
The Guardian World News Sam Wollaston 2011
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