noun Technical meaning of nroff (language) /N'rof/ [Unix, from "new roff"] A text formatting language and interpreter, companion to the Unix typesetter troff, accepting identical input but preparing output for terminals and line printers. See also groff. 1
noun nroff (transitive,computing) To format (text) using the nroff program, which produces output suitable for simple fixed-width printers and terminal windows. 1
