stadia¹ /stāˈdi-ə/ (surveying)

1. A graduated rod used in measuring distances at one observation, by the angle subtended by the distance between two hairs (stadia hairs or lines) in the telescope (also stadia rod)
2. The telescope so used (US)

stadium /stāˈdi-əm/

1. A race course, sports ground
2. An ancient Greek measure of length equivalent to 184 metres or 6063/4 feet
3. A stage in development (eg of a glacier, culture, geological or evolutionary period)
4. A stage in the course of a disease (medicine)

stade /stād/ noun

A stadium

stādˈial noun

A substage within a period of glaciation or the life of a glacier during which the temperature drops or the ice advances

Of or relating to a stage, stadium or stadial

stadium rock noun

Rock music that is unsubtle and overblown, designed to impose itself on the audience at a large venue such as a sports stadium

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