Stadholder
noun
1.
the chief magistrate of the former republic of the United Provinces of the Netherlands.
2.
(formerly, in the Netherlands) the viceroy or governor of a province.
noun
1.
the chief magistrate of the former Dutch republic or of any of its provinces (from about 1580 to 1802)
2.
a viceroy or governor of a province
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noun 1. a method of surveying in which distances are read by noting the interval on a graduated rod intercepted by two parallel cross hairs (stadia hairs or stadia wires) mounted in the telescope of a surveying instrument, the rod being placed at one end of the distance to be measured and the surveying instrument […]
- Stadia-hairs
noun 1. a method of surveying in which distances are read by noting the interval on a graduated rod intercepted by two parallel cross hairs (stadia hairs or stadia wires) mounted in the telescope of a surveying instrument, the rod being placed at one end of the distance to be measured and the surveying instrument […]
- Stadial
noun 1. stade. adjective 2. of or relating to a stade or stades.
- Stadia-rod
noun, Surveying. 1. rod (def 19). noun 1. a stick, wand, staff, or the like, of wood, metal, or other material. 2. a straight, slender shoot or stem of any woody plant, whether still growing or cut from the plant. 3. fishing rod. 4. (in plastering or mortaring) a straightedge moved along screeds to even […]
- Stadimeter
noun 1. an instrument for determining the distance between an observer and an object of known height by measurement of the angle subtended by the object.