Stade (?), n. [Cf. F. stade.] A stadium. Donne.
Stade, n. [Cf. G. gestade shore.] A landing place or wharf. Knight.
Sta*dim"e*ter (?), n. [Stadium + -meter.] A horizontal graduated bar
mounted on a staff, used as a stadium, or telemeter, for measuring
distances.
||Sta"di*um (?), n.; pl. Stadia (#). [L., a stadium (in sense 1), from
||Gr. &?;.] 1. A Greek measure of length, being the chief one used for
||itinerary distances, also adopted by the Romans for nautical and
||astronomical measurements. It was equal to 600 Greek or 625 Roman
||feet, or 125 Roman paces, or to 606 feet 9 inches English. This was
||also called the Olympic stadium, as being the exact length of the
||foot-race course at Olympia. Dr. W. Smith.