ROMAN PACE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Roman pace mean? 

• ROMAN PACE (noun)
  The noun ROMAN PACE has 1 sense:

1. an ancient Roman unit of length (4.85 English feet) measured as the distance from the heel of one foot to the heel of the same foot when next it touches the ground

  Familiarity information: ROMAN PACE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ROMAN PACE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An ancient Roman unit of length (4.85 English feet) measured as the distance from the heel of one foot to the heel of the same foot when next it touches the ground

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("Roman pace" is a kind of...):

linear measure; linear unit (a unit of measurement of length)