stadia

See also: Stadia

English

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪdiə

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.

1. (deprecated template usage) plural of stadion
2. (deprecated template usage) 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

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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Noun

stadia

1. (deprecated template usage) Plural form of stadium

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Italian

Noun

stadia f (plural stadie)

1. (surveying) stadia, level staff

Synonyms

• mira
• asta graduata (graduated rod)

Related terms

• stadia verticale
• stadia orizzontale
• mira parlante

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Latin

Noun

(deprecated template usage) stadia

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

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• stadiene

Noun

stadia n

1. definite plural of stadium

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

stadia n

1. definite plural of stadium

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): //ˈstad.ja//

Noun

stadia

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