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stadiometer|steɪdɪˈɒmɪtə(r)|
[f. Gr. στάδιο-ν stadium + -meter. Cf. F. stadiomètre, according to Bouillet (1896) an improved stadia invented in 1861 by Dupuy de Podio.]
1. a. Mil. = stadia a. b. (See quot. 1884.) c. U.S. Surveying. ‘A modified theodolite in which the directions are not read off, but marked upon a small sheet, which is changed at each station’ (Cent. Dict. 1891).
1862Catal. Internat. Exhib. II. xi. 8 The stadiometer, for judging distance, has been adopted by Government. 1871Heather Math. Instrum. III. 84 Edgeworth's Stadiometer or surveying instrument. 1884Knight Dict. Mech. Suppl. s.v., The geographic stadiometer..is designed to show at a single reading the measure of any line, right, curved, or broken, on maps or charts executed on any scale.
2. An apparatus for measuring a person's height.
1972Sunday Times 22 Oct. 65/2 His product range does not end at anthropometers. There is a stadiometer for measuring height to a high degree of accuracy. 1980Brit. Med. Jrnl. 29 Mar. 915 When the child is old enough to stand a special stadiometer can be used to measure height. |