stadia
See also: Stadia
English
editPronunciation
edit- Rhymes: -eɪdiə
Etymology 1
editNoun
editstadia (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
editFrom Ancient Greek στᾰ́δῐᾰ (stádia), plural of στᾰ́δῐον (stádion).
Noun
editstadia
Etymology 3
editFrom Latin stadia, plural of stadium.
Noun
editstadia
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
editDutch
editPronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Noun
editstadia
French
editNoun
editstadia m (plural stadias)
Further reading
edit- “stadia”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
editNoun
editstadia f (plural stadie)
- (surveying) stadia, level staff
- Synonym: mira
Hypernyms
edit- asta graduata (“graduated rod”)
Related terms
editDescendants
edit- → English: stadia
Latin
editNoun
editstadia
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
editAlternative forms
editNoun
editstadia n
Norwegian Nynorsk
editNoun
editstadia n
Polish
editPronunciation
editNoun
editstadia
- nominative plural of stadium
- accusative plural of stadium
- vocative plural of stadium
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