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groma

groma noun: a Roman surveying instrument having plumb lines hanging from four arms at right angles.

Noun

groma (plural gromas)

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

Forms of groma

pluralgromas

Origin of groma

Learned borrowing from Latin grōma, from Ancient Greek γνῶμᾰ (gnômă)

Questions about groma

What does groma mean?
Groma means a Roman surveying instrument having plumb lines hanging from four arms at right angles.
What part of speech is groma?
Groma is a noun.
What is the plural of groma?
The plural of groma is gromas.

Words near groma in the dictionary

  1. Grolleau
  2. grollies
  3. Grollman
  4. grolly
  5. grom
  6. groma
  7. Groman
  8. Gromans
  9. gromas
  10. gromatic
  11. gromatics

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