About The Word Platform

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Platform

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What's The Definition Of Platform?
[n] a woman's shoe with a very high thick sole
[n] a raised horizontal surface; "the speaker mounted the platform" [n] any military structure or vehicle bearing weapons [n] the combination of a particular computer and a particular operating system [n] a document stating the aims and principles of a political party; "their candidate simply ignored the party platform"; "they won the election even though they offered no positive program" Synonyms | Synonyms for Platform: chopine | chopines | platforms | political platform | political program | program | weapons platform Related Terms | Find terms related to Platform: address | agora | amphitheater | arena | athletic field | auditorium | background | balcony | bear garden | bench mark | billiard table | bookmark | bowl | bowling green | boxing ring | bull ring | cairn | campus | canvas | catafalque | catstone | circus | cockpit | coliseum | colosseum | course | creed | dais | dead flat | dead level | declaration of policy | deliver an address | discourse | earth | emplacement | esplanade | estrade | field | flat | flatland | floor | forum | gallery | give a talk | ground | guiding principles | gym | gymnasium | hall | heliport | hippodrome | homaloid | horizontal | horizontal axis | horizontal fault | horizontal line | horizontal parallax | horizontal plane | horizontal projection | hustings | issue | keynote address | keynote speech | landing | landing pad | landing stage | landmark | launching pad | ledge | level | level line | level plane | lighthouse | lightship | line | lists | locale | mark | marker | marketplace | mat | mean sea level | menhir | milepost | milestone | milieu | monument | open forum | palaestra | parade ground | parterre | party line | party platform | pharos | pit | place | plain | plan of action | plane | plank | podium | policy | polity | position paper | prairie | precinct | principles | prize ring | procedure | program | public square | pulpit | purlieu | range | ring | rostrum | scene | scene of action | scenery | sea level | sea of grass | seamark | setting | site | soapbox | speak | speechify | sphere | squared circle | stadium | stage | stage set | stage setting | stand | step terrace | steppe | stump | table | take the floor | take the stump | talk | tenets | terrace | terrain | theater | tilting ground | tiltyard | tower | tribunal | tribune | walk | watchtower | water level | wrestling ring See Also | ADP system | ADPS | ambo | auction block | automatic data processing system | bandstand | block | catwalk | computer | computer system | computing device | computing machine | computing system | construction | crow's nest | dais | data processor | deck | dock | document | electronic computer | footboard | footplate | foretop | gun enclosure | gun turret | horizontal surface | information processing system | landing | landing stage | launch area | launch pad | launching pad | launchpad | level | loading dock | microscope stage | monkey bridge | operating system | OS | outdoor stage | pad | pallet | papers | pier | plank | podium | pulpit | ring | rostrum | runway | scaffold | shoe | soapbox | stage | stairhead | stand | structure | stump | top | turntable | turret | wharf | wharfage | written document Platform In Webster's Dictionary \Plat"form`\, n. [Plat, a. + -form: cf. F. plateforme.]
1. A plat; a plan; a sketch; a model; a pattern. Used also
figuratively. [Obs.] --Bacon.
2. A place laid out after a model. [Obs.]
lf the platform just reflects the order. --Pope.
3. Any flat or horizontal surface; especially, one that is
raised above some particular level, as a framework of
timber or boards horizontally joined so as to form a roof,
or a raised floor, or portion of a floor; a landing; a
dais; a stage, for speakers, performers, or workmen; a
standing place.
4. A declaration of the principles upon which a person, a
sect, or a party proposes to stand; a declared policy or
system; as, the Saybrook platform; a political platform.
``The platform of Geneva.'' --Hooker.
5. (Naut.) A light deck, usually placed in a section of the
hold or over the floor of the magazine. See {Orlop}.
{Platform car}, a railway car without permanent raised sides
or covering; a f?at.
{Platform scale}, a weighing machine, with a flat platform on
which objects are weighed.
\Plat"form`\, v. t. 1. To place on a platform. [R.] 2. To form a plan of; to model; to lay out. [Obs.] Church discipline is platformed in the Bible. --Milton. |
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