gromatic

English

Etymology

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Adjective

gromatic (not comparable)

1. Relating to surveying, especially in Ancient Rome.
   • 2009, Keith D. Lilley, City and Cosmos: The Medieval World in Urban Form, page 118:

     Through the gromatic texts of the Corpus manuals, therefore, understanding the wider world was linked to the world of those who were using practical geometry.

Related terms

• groma
• gromatics