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groma

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gro⋅ma

  [groh-muh]
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–noun (in ancient Roman surveying)
an instrument having a cruciform wooden frame with a plumb line at the end of each arm, used for laying out lines at right angles to existing lines.
Origin:
< L grōma, grūma, by dissimilation < Gk gnôma, presumably with sense of gnmōn carpenter's square; see gnomon
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