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1. (n.) stadium
a sports arena, usu. oval or horseshoe-shaped, with tiers of seats for spectators.
2. stadium
(in ancient Greece and Rome) a track for foot races.
3. stadium
an ancient Greek unit of length of varying value, from about 583 feet (177.6 m) to 631 feet (192.3 m).
4. stadium
an ancient Roman unit of length, equal to about 607 feet (185 m).
5. stadium
a stage in a process or in the life of an organism, as that between molts.
Etymology: (1375–1425; a measure < L < Gk stádion)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) stadium, bowl, arena, sports stadium
a large structure for open-air sports or entertainments
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1. (noun) stadium
a large building with no roof, used for sports events
a rock concert in the football stadium
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1. (noun) Stadium
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
2. (noun) Stadium
hence, a race course; especially, the Olympic course for foot races
3. (noun) Stadium
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
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1. 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.
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Sense: a large sports-ground or racecourse usually with seats for spectators
The athletics competitions were held in the new Olympic stadium.
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 Afrikaans: stadion |
 Arabic: مَلْعَب مُدَرَّج |
 Bulgarian: стадион |
 Brazilian: estádio |
 Czech: stadión |
 German: das Stadion |
 Danish: stadium |
 Greek: στάδιο |
 Estonian: staadion |
 Farsi: ورزشگاه |
 Finnish: stadion |
 French: stade |
 Hebrew: אִצטַדיוֹן |
 Hindi: स्टेडियम, अन्तरावस्था, मै |
 Croatian: stadion |
 Hungarian: stadion |
 Indonesian: stadion |
 Icelandic: leikvangur |
 Italian: stadio |
 Japanese: 競技場 |
 Korean: 경기장 |
 Lithuanian: stadionas |
 Latvian: stadions |
 Malay: stadium |
 Dutch: stadion |
 Norwegian: stadion, idrettsplass |
 Polish: stadion |
 Portuguese: estádio |
 Romanian: stadion |
 Russian: стадион |
 Slovak: štadión |
 Slovenian: stadion |
 Serbian: stadion |
 Swedish: stadion, idrottsarena |
 Thai: สนามกีฬาที่มีอัฒจันทร์โดย |
 Turkish: stadyum, stat |
 Taiwanese: 露天大型運動場 |
 Ukrainian: стадіон |
 Urdu: کھیل کا میدان |
 Vietnamese: sân vận động |
 Chinese: 露天大型运动场 |
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