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. (firearms) Hash marks or other reticle etchings on a riflescope's lens which are used for stadiametric rangefinding; lines or curves for estimating the range of a target of known height, such as an enemy soldier or a game animal.
3. (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 (stắdĭă), plural of στᾰ́δῐον (stắdĭon).

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