Stadium

Noun

 * 1)  A Greek measure of length, being the chief one used for itinerary distances, also adopted by the Romans for nautical and astronomical measurements, equal to 600 Greek or 625 Roman feet, or 125 Roman paces, or to 606 feet, 9 inches.
 * 2) * 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, II.ii.3:
 * Dionysiodorus [...] sent a letter ad superos after he was dead, from the centre of the earth, to signify what distance the same centre was from the superficies of the same, viz. 42,000 stadiums [...].
 * 1) Hence, a race course, especially, the Olympic course for foot races.
 * 2) A venue where sporting events are held.
 * 3) A kind of telemeter for measuring the distance of an object of known dimensions, by observing the angle it subtends.
 * 4) 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.

Synonyms

 * Olympic stadium
 * arena
 * stadia, stadia rod

Derived terms

 * stadia rod
 * stadia wire

Thesaurus
agora, amphitheater, arena, assembly hall, athletic field, auditorium, background, bear garden, bowl, boxing ring, bull ring, campus, canvas, chapel, circus, cockpit, coliseum, colosseum, concert hall, convention hall, course, dance hall, exhibition hall, field, floor, forum, gallery, garden, ground, gym, gymnasium, hall, hippodrome, lecture hall, lists, locale, marketplace, mat, meetinghouse, milieu, music hall, open forum, opera house, palaestra, parade ground, pit, place, platform, precinct, prize ring, public square, purlieu, range, ring, scene, scene of action, scenery, setting, site, sphere, spy, squared circle, stage, stage set, stage setting, terrain, theater, tilting ground, tiltyard, walk, wrestling ring

Etymology
From stadium: (commonly one-eighth of a Roman mile; translated in early English Bibles by furlong), from  στάδιον:, especially the track at Olympia, which was one stadium in length. The Greek word may literally mean "fixed standard of length" (from στάδιος:, from, whence also stand:.

Translations

 * Dutch: stadion
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 * Arabic:
 * Armenian: ստադիոն (stadion)
 * Asturian: estadiu
 * Catalan: estadi
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 * Esperanto: stadiono, pilkejo
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 * Maltese: stadju
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Noun

 * 1) stage, phase

Alternative forms

 * stádium

Noun

 * 1) A stadium.
 * 2) A stage; a phase.

Related terms

 * stadion

Noun

 * 1) stade (distance of 125 paces)
 * 2) racecourse (athletics)

Noun

 * 1) stage