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Platform

Platform Definition And Meaning
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.

Platform Definition And Meaning

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"

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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