stadia

See also: Stadia

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪdiə

Etymology 1

From Italian stadia.

Noun

A surveyors' stadia or level staff

stadia (plural stadia)

1. (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.
2. (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

From Ancient Greek στᾰ́δῐᾰ (stádia), plural of στᾰ́δῐον (stádion).

Noun

stadia

1. plural of stadion

Etymology 3

From Latin stadia, plural of stadium.

Noun

stadia

1. plural of stadium

Usage notes

• 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

• (plural of stadium): stadiums

Anagrams

• adatis

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Noun

stadia

1. plural of stadium

French

Noun

stadia m (plural stadias)

1. stadia

Further reading

• “stadia”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Noun

stadia f (plural stadie)

1. (surveying) stadia, level staff

   Synonym: mira

Hypernyms

• asta graduata (“graduated rod”)

Related terms

• stadia verticale
• stadia orizzontale
• mira parlante

Descendants

• → English: stadia

Latin

Noun

stadia

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of stadium

References

• 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

Alternative forms

• stadiene

Noun

stadia n

1. definite plural of stadium

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

stadia n

1. definite plural of stadium

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsta.dja/
• Rhymes: -adja
• Syllabification: sta‧dia

Noun

stadia

1. nominative plural of stadium
2. accusative plural of stadium
3. vocative plural of stadium