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Meaning
Noun
●
A
venue
where
sporting
events
are held.
●
In Sports areas:
An Ancient Greek
racecourse
, especially, the Olympic
course
for
foot
races.
●
Synonym of
stadion
, a Greek
unit
of
length
equivalent
to about 185 m.
●
A
kind of
telemeter
for
measuring
the
distance
of an
object
of known
dimensions
, by
observing
the
angle
it subtends.
●
In Surveying:
a
graduated
rod
used to
measure
the
distance
of the place where it
stands
from an
instrument
having a
telescope
, by
observing
the number of the
graduations
of the
rod
that are seen between certain
parallel
wires
(stadia
wires
) in the
field of view
of the
telescope
.
●
In Biology:
A life
stage
of an organism.
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Origin
stadium
English
stadium
Latin
στάδιον
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
στάδιος
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
Sourced from
Etym
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