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  2. Stadion (unit) - Wikipedia

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    The stadion (plural stadia, Ancient Greek: στάδιον; [1] latinized as stadium), also anglicized as stade, was an ancient Greek unit of length, consisting of 600 Ancient Greek feet . Its exact length is unknown today; historians estimate it at between 150 m and 210 m.

  3. Ancient Greek units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    2 stadia 369.9 m (404.5 yd) double pipe hippikon ἱππικόν: 4 stadia 739.7 m (808.9 yd) length of a hippodrome [5] milion μίλιον: 8 stadia 1.479 km (1,617 yd) Roman mile: dolichos [4] δόλιχος: 12 stadia 2.219 km (1.379 mi) long race parasanges, or league [6] παρασάγγης: 30 stadia 5.548 km (3.447 mi) adopted from ...

  4. Heptastadion - Wikipedia

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    The Heptastadion was created to link Pharos Island to the mainland coast and given a name based on its length (Heptastadion is Greek for "seven stadia"— hepta meaning seven, and a stadion being a Greek unit of length measuring approximately 180 m (590 ft)). [3] Overall it was more than three-quarters of a mile long.

  5. Stadium - Wikipedia

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    Stadium at Olympia "Stadium" is the Latin form of the Greek word "stadion" (στάδιον), a measure of length equalling the length of 600 human feet. [5] As feet are of variable length the exact length of a stadion depends on the exact length adopted for 1 foot at a given place and time.

  6. Panathenaic Stadium - Wikipedia

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    The stadium was built at a time of resurgence of Greek culture in the mid-2nd century. Although the stadium was a "quintessentially Greek architectural type", [ 11 ] it was "Roman in scale" with a massive capacity of 50,000, [ 16 ] which is roughly the same as that of the Stadium of Domitian in Rome. [ 25 ]

  7. Stadia - Wikipedia

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    Stadia mark, crosshairs on the reticle of a theodolite or other surveying instrument Stadiametric rangefinding (also stadia method), a technique of measuring distances with a telescopic instrument Stadion (unit) (plural: stadia), an ancient Greek unit of length

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    Besides these two most common order types, brokers may offer a number of other options, such as stop-loss orders or stop-limit orders. Order types differ by broker, but they all have market and ...

  9. Stadiametric rangefinding - Wikipedia

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    Stadiametric rangefinding, or the stadia method, is a technique of measuring distances with a telescopic instrument.The term stadia comes from a Greek unit of length Stadion (equal to 600 Greek feet, pous) which was the typical length of a sports stadium of the time.