English Explanatory Dictionary

centuriation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A method of land measurement used in Ancient Rome, characterised by the regular layout of a square grid traced using surveyors' instruments.

Word forms

centuriation

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin centuriātiō.

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