stadia¹ /stāˈdi-ə/ (surveying)

1. A graduated rod used in measuring distances at one observation, by the angle subtended by the distance between two hairs (stadia hairs or lines) in the telescope (also stadia rod)
2. The telescope so used (US)

• vertical circles
• vertical grouping
• vertical integration
• vertical integrations
• verticalities
• verticality
• vertically
• vertically challenged
• verticalness
• verticalnesses
• verticals
• vertical scanning
• vertical take-off
• vertical thinking
• vertices
• verticil
• verticillaster
• verticillasters
• verticillate
• verticillated
• verticillium
• verticilliums
• verticils
• verticities
• verticity