stadia

Meaning

  1. A level staff or graduated rod used by surveyors to measure differences in level, or to measure horizontal distances by sighting the stadia hairs (graduations) through a telescope.
  2. Hash marks or other reticle etchings on a riflescope's lens which are used for stadiametric rangefinding; lines or curves for estimating the range of a target of known height, such as an enemy soldier or a game animal.
  3. (historically) A graduated brass triangle used to measure the distance of a target by comparison of the graduations with the heights of soldiers or horses.

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stadium

  1. A venue where sporting events are held.
  2. An Ancient Greek racecourse, especially, the Olympic course for foot races.
  3. (historical) Synonym of stadion, a Greek unit of length equivalent to about 185 m.
  4. A kind of telemeter for measuring the distance of an object of known dimensions, by observing the angle it subtends.
  5. A graduated rod used to measure the distance of the place where it stands from an instrument having a telescope, by observing the number of the graduations of the rod that are seen between certain parallel wires (stadia wires) in the field of view of the telescope.
  6. A life stage of an organism.

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stadion

  1. (historical) A Greek unit of distance based on standardized footraces, equivalent to about 185.4 metres.
  2. Synonym of stadium (“Ancient Greek racecourse”).

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Synonyms

stadium
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palestra
tachymeter
vessel
B2
palestrae

apparent distance

Translations

استاد

الملاعب

estadi
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Kampfbahn

Stadion
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Sportstadion

σταδία

στάδιο

σταδιόμετρο

stade
stadia
arena
stadio
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palasport
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palazzetto dello sport

Etymology

From Italian stadia.

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