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stadium
- /ˈsteɪ.di.əm/
Where it comes from
From Latin stadium (“a measure of length, a race course”) (commonly one-eighth of a Roman mile; translated in early English Bibles by furlong), from Ancient Greek στάδιον (stádion, “a measure of length, a running track”), especially the track at Olympia, which was one stadium in length. The Greek word may literally mean "fixed standard of length" (from στάδιος (stádios, “firm, fixed”), from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-, whence also stand and Latin stare). Doublet of stade, stadion, and estadio. Displaced native Old English spyrd.
noun stadiums · stadia
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A venue where sporting events are held.
He is going for a cricket match at the stadium.
Similar: arena
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An Ancient Greek racecourse, especially, the Olympic course for foot races.
Similar: stadion
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Synonym of stadion, a Greek unit of length equivalent to about 185 m.
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 […].
Similar: stadion
- A kind of telemeter for measuring the distance of an object of known dimensions, by observing the angle it subtends.
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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.
Similar: stadia, stadia rod
- A life stage of an organism.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: arena, bowl, ballpark, sports, golf, baseball, gymnasium, gym, step, playground, juncture, court, venue, coliseum, mound, museum
Translations
Every language
noun venue where sporting events are held
| Español | estadio |
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| 한국어 | 경기장 gyeonggijang, 스타디움 seutadium |
| 日本語 | スタジアム sutajiamu, 競技場 kyōgijō |
| 中文 | 體育場 /体育场 tǐyùchǎng |
| हिन्दी | स्टेडियम sṭeḍiyam |
| Português | estádio |
| Français | stade |
| Deutsch | Stadion |
| Italiano | stadio |
| Ελληνικά | στάδιο stádio |
| Română | stadion |
| Русский | стадио́н stadión, риста́лище ristálišče |
| Tiếng Việt | sân vận động |
| العربية | مَلْعَب malʕab, إِسْتَاد ʔistād |
| עברית | אִצְטַדְיוֹן itstadyón |
noun race course, especially, the Olympic course for foot races
| Ελληνικά | στάδιο stádio |
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noun telemeter
| Ελληνικά | σταδιόμετρο stadiómetro |
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noun graduated rod in surveying
| Ελληνικά | σταδία stadía |
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title = {stadium},
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