Definitions For Stadia

Noun

image:levellingrod.jpg, thumb, right, 200px, a surveyors' stadia or [[level staff]] {{en-noun, stadia}} (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. (military) {{qualifier, 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. {{en-plural noun}} {{en-irregular plural of, stadion}} {{en-irregular plural of, stadium}}

Usage notes

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