 6 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
platform
noun
1: a raised horizontal surface; "the speaker mounted the
platform"
2: 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" [syn: {political platform}, {political
program}, {program}]
3: the combination of a particular computer and a particular
operating system
4: any military structure or vehicle bearing weapons [syn: {weapons
platform}]
5: a woman's shoe with a very high thick sole [syn: {chopine},
{chopines}, {platforms}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Halfpace \Half"pace'\ (-p[=a]s'), noun (Arch.)
A platform of a staircase where the stair turns back in
exactly the reverse direction of the lower flight. See
{Quarterpace}.
Note: This term and {quarterpace} are rare or unknown in the
United States, {platform} or {landing} being used
instead.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Platform \Plat"form'\, verb (used with an object)
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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Platform \Plat"form'\, noun [Plat, adjective + -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.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
154 Moby Thesaurus words for "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
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
platform
Specific computer hardware, as in the phrase
"platform-independent". It may also refer to a specific
combination of hardware and {operating system} and/or
{compiler}, as in "this program has been ported to several
platforms". It is also used to refer to support software for
a particular activity, as in "This program provides a platform
for research into routing protocols".
(1994-12-07)
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