Definisjon av stadium på Engelsk

WordNet

Noun
stadium - a large structure for open-air sports or entertainments
		bowl, arena, sports stadium
		structure, construction a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts; "the structure consisted of a series of arches"; "she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons"
		coliseum, amphitheater, amphitheatre an oval large stadium with tiers of seats; an arena in which contests and spectacles are held
		ballpark, park a facility in which ball games are played (especially baseball games); "take me out to the ballpark"
		bullring a stadium where bullfights take place
		circus a performance given by a traveling company of acrobats, clowns, and trained animals; "the children always love to go to the circus"
		covered stadium, domed stadium, dome a hemispherical roof
		field house an athletic facility where athletes prepare for sport
		football stadium a stadium where football games are held
		hippodrome a stadium for horse shows or horse races
		skybox an elevated box for viewing events at a sports stadium
		stand a defensive effort; "the army made a final stand at the Rhone"
		standing room room for passengers or spectators to stand; "there was standing room for thousands more people"
		tiered seat seating that is arranged in sloping tiers so that spectators in the back can see over the heads of those in front

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Substantiv
stadium - A venue where sporting events are held.
stadium - An ancient Greek race course, especially, the Olympic course for foot races.
stadium - 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.
stadium - A kind of telemeter for measuring the distance of an object of known dimensions, by observing the angle it subtends.
stadium - 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.

A modern stadium (plural stadiums or stadia) is a place or venue for (mostly) outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit and view the event. Pausanias noted that for about half a century the only event at the ancient Greek Olympic festival was the race that comprised one length of the stade at Olympia, where the word stadium is originally derived from.