stadion

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A Greek unit of distance based on standardized footraces, equivalent to about 185.4 metres.

   “The stadion did not suffice for the races of horses and chariots which had been favorites with the Greeks since the Trojan war.”

2. isim Synonym of stadium (“Ancient Greek racecourse”).

   “Nor can we think of these buildings as minor architectural incidents when we learn that the stadion at Athens seated between forty and fifty thousand people.”