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See also: Stadia
English
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Pronunciation
[edit]- Rhymes: -eɪdiə
Etymology 1
[edit]Noun
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stadia (plural stadia)
- (surveying) 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.
- (military) (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.
Etymology 2
[edit]From Ancient Greek στᾰ́δῐᾰ (stádia), plural of στᾰ́δῐον (stádion).
Noun
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Etymology 3
[edit]From Latin stadia, plural of stadium.
Noun
[edit]stadia
Usage notes
[edit]- For clarification of which plural form of stadium is considered appropriate in a given context, see the usage note at the entry for stadium.
Synonyms
[edit]- (plural of stadium): stadiums
Anagrams
[edit]Dutch
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[edit]Audio: (file)
Noun
[edit]stadia
French
[edit]Noun
[edit]stadia m (plural stadias)
Further reading
[edit]- “stadia”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
[edit]Noun
[edit]stadia f (plural stadie)
- (surveying) stadia, level staff
- Synonym: mira
Hypernyms
[edit]- asta graduata (“graduated rod”)
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → English: stadia
Latin
[edit]Noun
[edit]stadia
References
[edit]- stadia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Noun
[edit]stadia n
Norwegian Nynorsk
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[edit]stadia n
Polish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]stadia
- nominative plural of stadium
- accusative plural of stadium
- vocative plural of stadium
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