stadia
See also: Stadia
English
    
    Pronunciation
    
- Rhymes: -eɪdiə
Noun
    

A surveyors' stadia or level staff
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
    
From Ancient Greek στᾰ́δῐᾰ (stádia), plural of στᾰ́δῐον (stádion).
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
    
French
    
    
Further reading
    
- “stadia”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
    
    
Hypernyms
    
- asta graduata (“graduated rod”)
Related terms
    
- stadia verticale
- stadia orizzontale
- mira parlante
Descendants
    
- → English: stadia
Latin
    
    
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 Nynorsk
    
    
Polish
    
    Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /ˈsta.dja/
- Rhymes: -adja
- Syllabification: sta‧dia
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