[rohm] 
| a Gypsy man or boy. |
| roman (printing type). |
[n., adj. roh-mans, roh-mans; v. roh-mans] noun, verb, -manced, -manc⋅ing, adjective | 1. | a novel or other prose narrative depicting heroic or marvelous deeds, pageantry, romantic exploits, etc., usually in a historical or imaginary setting. |
| 2. | the colorful world, life, or conditions depicted in such tales. |
| 3. | a medieval narrative, originally one in verse and in some Romance dialect, treating of heroic, fantastic, or supernatural events, often in the form of allegory. |
| 4. | a baseless, made-up story, usually full of exaggeration or fanciful invention. |
| 5. | a romantic spirit, sentiment, emotion, or desire. |
| 6. | romantic character or quality. |
| 7. | a romantic affair or experience; a love affair. |
| 8. | (initial capital letter) Also, Romanic. Also called Romance languages. the group of Italic Indo-European languages descended since a.d. 800 from Latin, as French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Provençal, Catalan, Rhaeto-Romanic, Sardinian, and Ladino. Abbreviation: Rom. |
| 9. | to invent or relate romances; indulge in fanciful or extravagant stories or daydreams. |
| 10. | to think or talk romantically. |
| 11. | Informal.
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| 12. | (initial capital letter) Also, Romanic. of, pertaining to, or noting Romance: a Romance language. |
[roh-muhnz] ) | an Epistle of the New Testament, written by Paul to the Christian community in Rome. Abbreviation: Rom. |
| Rom (rōm) n. pl. Rom or Ro·ma (rō'mə, rä'mə)
[Romany, man; see Romany.] |
| ROM (rŏm) n. Computer Science Memory hardware that allows fast access to permanently stored data but prevents addition to or modification of the data. [r(ead-)o(nly) m(emory).] |
In traditional literary terms, a narration of the extraordinary exploits of heroes, often in exotic or mysterious settings. Most of the stories of King Arthur and his knights are romances.
The term romance has also been used for stories of mysterious adventures, not necessarily of heroes. Like the heroic kind of romance, however, these adventure romances usually are set in distant places. William Shakespeare's play The Tempest is this kind of romance.
Today, a novel concerned mainly with love is often called a romance. Romances are frequently published in paperback series.
| ROM (rŏm) Pronunciation Key
Short for read-only memory. Computer hardware that stores programs or data that cannot be added to, modified, or deleted. ROM does not require power to maintain its contents, and is often used to save instructions that enable the computer's operating system to communicate with other hardware. |
ROM
Read-Only Memory
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