Definitions for stadias

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stadias sta·di·a

Spelling: [stey-dee-uh]

IPA: /ˈsteɪ di ə/

Stadias is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 119 anagrams from letters in stadias (aadisst).

Definitions for stadias

noun

1. a method of surveying in which distances are read by noting the interval on a graduated rod intercepted by two parallel cross hairs (stadia hairs or stadia wires) mounted in the telescope of a surveying instrument, the rod being placed at one end of the distance to be measured and the surveying instrument at the other.
2. a plural of stadium.
3. a sports arena, usually oval or horseshoe-shaped, with tiers of seats for spectators.
4. an ancient Greek course for foot races, typically semicircular, with tiers of seats for spectators.
5. an ancient Greek and Roman unit of length, the Athenian unit being equal to about 607 feet (185 meters).
6. a stage in a process or in the life of an organism.
7. Entomology. stage (def 11b).

adjective

1. pertaining to such a method of surveying.

Origin of stadias

First recorded in 1860-65; probably special use of stadia²

Examples for stadias

Cleonæ is distant from Argos 120 stadia, and 80 from Corinth.

The port, however, is always calm, and in magnitude about thirty stadia.

The width of the Isthmus is much more than 300 stadia: it is about seventy-two miles.

The stadia were places in the form of circi, for the running of men and horses.

This also was a city, situated 40 stadia above the sea-coast.

The river is distant from the mountains of the Carduchi about six or seven stadia.

The island in which the palace was situated had a diameter of five stadia.

From the isthmus to the promontory Araxus is a distance of 1030 stadia.

But from the harbor to Cyrene, 80 stadia; for Cyrene is inland.

I think the way we play the World Cup will define a lot of things that will happen outside the stadia.