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n. A telescopic instrument having two parallel lines through which intervals on a calibrated rod are observed, used to measure distances.

n. The parallel lines in this instrument.

n. The calibrated rod so used.

n. The technique of measuring distances with this instrument.

n. A plural of stadium.

n. A level staff or levelling rod used by surveyors to measure differences in level, or to measure horizontal distances by sighting the stadia hairs.

n. (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.

n. Plural form of stadion.

n. Plural form of stadium.

n. A station temporarily occupied in surveying.

n. An instrument for measuring distances by means of the angle subtended by an object of known dimensions.

n. In civil and topographical engineering, the method or the instruments by which what are called stadia measurements are made.

"If racism is far less prevalent in English stadia nowadays, it seems to have become open season on anything to do with opposing players, whether personal foible, physical appearance, family matters or off-field indiscretion."

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