stadia

• Rhymes: -eɪdiə

From Italian stadia.

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.

From Ancient Greek στᾰ́δῐᾰ (stắdĭă), plural of στᾰ́δῐον (stắdĭon).

stadia

1. plural of stadion

From Latin stadia, plural of stadium.

stadia

1. plural of stadium

• For clarification of which plural form of stadium is considered appropriate in a given context, see the usage note at the entry for stadium.

• (plural of stadium): stadiums

• adatis

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stadia

1. plural of stadium

stadia m (plural stadias)

1. stadia

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

stadia f (plural stadie)

1. (surveying) stadia, level staff

   Synonym: mira

• asta graduata (“graduated rod”)

• stadia verticale
• stadia orizzontale
• mira parlante

• → English: stadia

stadia

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of stadium

• "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)

• stadiene

stadia n

1. definite plural of stadium

stadia n

1. definite plural of stadium

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

stadia

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