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The fourth dozenal power of the ′lengthel ⚀lengthel, the ′⚀quadqua·lengthel (abbreviated ′q↑lgℓ⚀q↑lgℓ) is one dozen ′habital·length ⚀habital·lengths, or one gross ′ell·length ⚀ell·lengths, or one galore ′hand·length ⚀hand·lengths, or one dozen galore ′morsel·length ⚀morsel·lengths. This is the distance traversed in one ′breather ⚀breather (10_d=ᘔ_z minutes) when moving at one ′velocitel ⚀velocitel. In SI units, this comes out to exactly 170.0784_d meters. In USC units, this is exactly 558_d=3ᘔ6_z feet, or 186_d=136_z yards.

The nearest modern-day analog to this length that comes to mind is the furlong. However, at 660_d=470_z feet, the furlong is a rather poor match: It comes out to about 1.22_z ′quadqua·lengthels ⚀quadqua·lengthels, more than a sixth too large; the ′quadqua·lengthel the ⚀quadqua·lengthel is only about 84.5%_d≈ᘔ1.9%_z of a furlong, almost a sixth too small.

However, there is an ancient unit of measure that makes a rather better match: the Greek stadion (στάδιον), Latinized as stadium, and Anglicized as stade. Herodotus defined the stadion as being 600_d=420_z feet. However, different ancient Greek city-states had different definitions of the foot. Two prominent ones were the standard Attic/Alexandrian foot of about 308_d milimeters, which would place the stadion at about 185_d meters; and the Olympic foot (from the city-state of Olympia) of about 294_d milimeters, which would place the stadion at about 176_d meters. The ′quadqua·lengthel The ⚀quadqua·lengthel comes to about 91.9%_d≈Ɛ0.5%_z of the Attic stadion, and to about 96.6%_d≈Ɛ7.2%_z of the Olympic stadion. On the strength of this correspondence, Primel will adapt the Latin form of this word, to make the ′stadial·length⚀stadial·length the colloquialization for the ′quadqua·lengthel⚀quadqua·lengthel. It still makes a good approximation for the size of most modern sports stadiums.

See Also

• The ′stadial·quantity ⚀stadial·quantity series