stadia
See also: Stadia
English edit
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -eɪdiə
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
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 edit
stadia
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
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Pronunciation 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 edit
Noun 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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