Stadium vs False - What's the difference?
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A venue where sporting events are held.
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An ancient Greek race course, especially, the Olympic course for foot races.
A Greek measure of length, being the chief one used for itinerary distances, also adopted by the Romans for nautical and astronomical measurements, equal to 600 Greek or 625 Roman feet, or 125 Roman paces, or to 606 feet, 9 inches.
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A kind of telemeter for measuring the distance of an object of known dimensions, by observing the angle it subtends.
In surveying, a graduated rod used to measure the distance of the place where it stands from an instrument having a telescope, by observing the number of the graduations of the rod that are seen between certain parallel wires (stadia wires) in the field of view of the telescope.
Untrue, not factual, factually incorrect.
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Spurious, artificial.
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(lb) Of a state in Boolean logic that indicates a negative result.
Uttering falsehood; dishonest or deceitful.
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Not faithful or loyal, as to obligations, allegiance, vows, etc.; untrue; treacherous.
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*(John Milton) (1608-1674)
*:I to myself was false , ere thou to me.
Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous.
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*(Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)
*:whose false foundation waves have swept away
Not essential or permanent, as parts of a structure which are temporary or supplemental.
(lb) Out of tune.
As a noun stadium
is stage (rfgloss).As an adjective false is
(label) one of two states of a boolean variable; logic.stadium
English
(wikipedia stadium)Noun
(en-noun)Protests Widen as Brazilians Chide Leaders," New York Times (retrieved 21 June 2013):
- In a convulsion that has caught many in Brazil and beyond by surprise, waves of protesters denounced their leaders for dedicating so many resources to cultivating Brazil’s global image by building stadiums for international events, when basic services like education and health care remain woefully inadequate.
- Dionysiodorussent a letter ad superos after he was dead, from the centre of the earth, to signify what distance the same centre was from the superficies of the same, viz. 42,000 stadiums […].
Usage notes
* The alternative plural stadia is occasionally used, chiefly in high-register contexts.Synonyms
* (venue where sporting events are held) arena * (Greek unit of length) Olympic stadium * (graduated rod in surveying) stadia, stadia rodDerived terms
* stadia rod * stadia wireReferences
* English nouns with irregular plurals ----false
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Adjective
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