Definizione monolingua

stadium

stadium (plural stadiums or stadia)

1. A venue where sporting events are held.
2. An ancient Greek race course, especially, the Olympic course for foot races.
3. (now historical) 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.
   • 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, II.ii.3:

     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 [...].

4. A kind of telemeter for measuring the distance of an object of known dimensions, by observing the angle it subtends.
5. 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.

Definizione dizionario stadium

	stadio
	venue where sporting events are held
	Una grande struttura per lo sport o gli divertimenti all'aria aperta.
	A large structure for open-air sports or entertainments.

	arena
	Una grande struttura per lo sport o gli divertimenti all'aria aperta.
	A large structure for open-air sports or entertainments.

	palazzetto dello sport
	Una grande struttura per lo sport o gli divertimenti all'aria aperta.
	A large structure for open-air sports or entertainments.

Altri significati:

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.

Hence, a race course, especially, the Olympic course for foot races.

(now historical) 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.

race course, especially, the Olympic course for foot races

A kind of telemeter for measuring the distance of an object of known dimensions, by observing the angle it subtends.

Greek measure of length

A venue where sporting events are held.