Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
stadium , 1 and 2.
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- noun A Greek unit of measurement, equivalent to six
plethra or six hundredpodes , which, though varying in precise length, is generally accepted to be equivalent to approximately 185·4metres .
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Examples
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'stadion' or 'stadia,' they are immediately hit with the realization that this book was written in an ancient context to an ancient people.
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Eratosthenes used rough estimates and round numbers, but depending on the length of the stadion, his result is within a margin of between 2% and 20% of the actual meridional circumference, 40,008 kilometres (24,860 mi).
Think Progress » Inhofe’s Grandchildren Build Igloo To Mock Killer Snow Storm: ‘Al Gore’s New Home’ 2010
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My grandmas old cast metal handcranked meatgrinder .. its like 50-60 years old and has had enough meat through it to feed a stadion for a week and it grinds the meat slowly and coarsely in a way no modern meatgrinder ive ever tested can replicate .. just pieces it up withouth punishing the meat, locking the taste in ..
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My grandmas old cast metal handcranked meatgrinder .. its like 50-60 years old and has had enough meat through it to feed a stadion for a week and it grinds the meat slowly and coarsely in a way no modern meatgrinder ive ever tested can replicate .. just pieces it up withouth punishing the meat, locking the taste in ..
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The real journey, however, starts in the Weser - stadion this evening, when Redknapp and his players seek to prove they belong at this level.
Tottenham will not bet their future on Champions League, says chairman Stuart James in Bremen 2010
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Ground: Parktad Limburg stadion, Kekrade.www. rodajc.nl
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Ground: Parktad Limburg stadion, Kekrade.www. rodajc.nl
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The foot races were the stadion (on a track of about 190 meters), diaulos (two laps of the track), and a race in which runners wore a helmet and shin guards and carried a shield.
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Di dalam stadion, di antara kesibukan panitia, Koordinator Perkap terkaget2 akan penemuannya.
mayoineko Diary Entry mayoineko 2007
reesetee commented on the word stadion
See stadia.
April 18, 2009