| stadium | |
| 1. n. A venue where sporting events are held. | |
| 2. n. An Ancient Greek racecourse, especially, the Olympic course for foot races. | |
| 3. n. (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 fee | |
| 4. n. A kind of telemeter for measuring the distance of an object of known dimensions, by observing the angle it subtends. | |
| 5. n. 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 betwe | |
| 6. n. (biology) A life stage of an organism. | |
