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Leveling vs Stadia - What's the difference?

leveling | stadia |

As nouns the difference between leveling and stadia

is that leveling is the process of making something level while stadia is a level staff or levelling rod used by surveyors to measure differences in level, or to measure horizontal distances by sighting the stadia hairs.

As a verb leveling

is present participle of lang=en.

leveling

English

Alternative forms

* levelling

Verb

(head)
  • (US)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The process of making something level.
  • * 1981 , D. Lincoln Canfield, Spanish Pronunciation in the Americas
    • In the meantime, the Castilian of northern and central Spain, while retaining most of the traits of the pre-Columbian period, underwent changes and levelings , some of which were shared by the South and hence by America.

    stadia

    English

    (Level staff)

    Noun

    stadia (s) & (p)
  • (surveying) A level staff or levelling rod used by surveyors to measure differences in level, or to measure horizontal distances by sighting the stadia hairs.
  • (military) (historically) A graduated brass triangle used to measure the distance of a target by comparison of the graduations with the heights of soldiers or horses.
  • (stadion)
  • (stadium)

    • Usage notes

    * For clarification of which plural form of ''stadium'' is considered appropriate in a given context, see at the entry for ''stadium''.

    Synonyms

    * (plural of stadium) stadiums ----