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The fourth dozenal power of the ⚀lengthel, the ⚀quadqua·lengthel (abbreviated ⚀q↑lgℓ) is one dozen ⚀habital·lengths, or one gross ⚀ell·lengths, or one galore ⚀hand·lengths, or one dozen galore ⚀morsel·lengths. This is the distance traversed in one ⚀breather (10_d=|ᘔ_z minutes) when moving at one ⚀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, more than a sixth too large; the ⚀quadqua·lengthel is only about 84.5%_d≈ᘔ1|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 comes to about 91.9%_d≈Ɛ0|Ɛ0.5%_z of the Attic stadion, and to about 96.6%_d≈Ɛ7|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 the colloquialization for the ⚀quadqua·lengthel. It still makes a good approximation for the size of most modern sports stadiums.

See Also

• The ⚀stadial·quantity series