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stadia [′stād·ē·ə]
(engineering)
A surveying instrument consisting of a telescope with special horizontal parallel lines or wires, used in connection with a vertical graduated rod.

stadia rod, stadia
A graduated rod used in the determination of distance by observing the intercept on the rod subtending a small known angle at the point of observation; the angle usually is defined by two fixed lines in the reticle of a telescope (transit or telescopic alidade).


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