stadia

  1. Noun.  (surveying) A level staff or levelling rod used by surveyors to measure differences in level, or to measure horizontal distances by sighting the stadia hairs.
  2. Noun.  (military) (italbrac, historically) A graduated brass triangle used to measure the distance of a target by comparison of the graduations with the heights of soldiers or horses.
  3. Noun.  (irregular plural of, stadion) .
  4. Noun.  (irregular plural of, stadium) .

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