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 hundred podes, which, though varying in precise length, is generally accepted to be equivalent to approximately 185·4 metres.

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Examples

  • 'stadion' or 'stadia,' they are immediately hit with the realization that this book was written in an ancient context to an ancient people.

    finitum non capax infiniti 2009

  • 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).

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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 ..

    A Remington 870 Can Last Forever 2009

  • 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 ..

    A Remington 870 Can Last Forever 2009

  • 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

  • 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.

    The Augustan Games of Naples 2008

  • Di dalam stadion, di antara kesibukan panitia, Koordinator Perkap terkaget2 akan penemuannya.

    mayoineko Diary Entry mayoineko 2007

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  • See stadia.

    April 18, 2009