Definition of Stadeum
Stadium, the course on which were celebrated the great games
(foot-racing, wrestling, &c.) of ancient Greece, held at Olympia, Athens,
and other places; the most famous was that laid out at Olympia; length
600 Greek feet, which was adopted as the Greek standard of measure, and
equalled 606½ English feet.
- Wikipedia
||Sta"di*um (?), n.; pl.
Stadia (#). [L., a stadium (in sense 1), from Gr.
&?;.] 1. A Greek measure of length, being the
chief one used for itinerary distances, also adopted by the Romans for
nautical and astronomical measurements. It was equal to 600 Greek or
625 Roman feet, or 125 Roman paces, or to 606 feet 9 inches English.
This was also called the Olympic stadium, as being the exact
length of the foot-race course at Olympia. Dr. W.
Smith.
2. Hence, a race course; especially, the Olympic
course for foot races.
3. A kind of telemeter for measuring the
distance of an object of known dimensions, by observing the angle it
subtends; especially (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; -- also called stadia,
and stadia rod.
Sta"di*um (?), n. A modern
structure, with its inclosure, resembling the ancient stadium, used
for athletic games, etc.
||Sta"di*um (?), n.; pl.
Stadia (#). [L., a stadium (in sense 1), from Gr.
&?;.] 1. A Greek measure of length, being the
chief one used for itinerary distances, also adopted by the Romans for
nautical and astronomical measurements. It was equal to 600 Greek or
625 Roman feet, or 125 Roman paces, or to 606 feet 9 inches English.
This was also called the Olympic stadium, as being the exact
length of the foot-race course at Olympia. Dr. W.
Smith.
2. Hence, a race course; especially, the Olympic
course for foot races.
3. A kind of telemeter for measuring the
distance of an object of known dimensions, by observing the angle it
subtends; especially (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; -- also called stadia,
and stadia rod.
Sta"di*um (?), n. A modern
structure, with its inclosure, resembling the ancient stadium, used
for athletic games, etc.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- 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.
- Hence, a race course, especially, the Olympic course for foot races.
- A venue where sporting events are held.
- 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.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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