PLATFORM
\plˈatfɔːm], \plˈatfɔːm], \p_l_ˈa_t_f_ɔː_m]\
Definitions of PLATFORM
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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any military structure or vehicle bearing weapons
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the combination of a particular computer and a particular operating system
By Princeton University
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any military structure or vehicle bearing weapons
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the combination of a particular computer and a particular operating system
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A plat; a plan; a sketch; a model; a pattern. Used also figuratively.
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A place laid out after a model.
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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.
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A light deck, usually placed in a section of the hold or over the floor of the magazine. See Orlop.
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To place on a platform.
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To form a plan of; to model; to lay out.
By Oddity Software
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A plat; a plan; a sketch; a model; a pattern. Used also figuratively.
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A place laid out after a model.
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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.
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A light deck, usually placed in a section of the hold or over the floor of the magazine. See Orlop.
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To place on a platform.
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To form a plan of; to model; to lay out.
By Noah Webster.
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A floor of wood, stone, etc., raised above the level of the ground or of the main floor; the place where guns are mounted on a fortress or battery; a political program or policy.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A raised level scaffolding: (mil.) an elevated floor for cannon: a statement of principles to which a body of men declare their adhesion.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. [English] A frame-work of timber or boards horizontally joined, so as to form a conspicuous or elevated standing place;—the sketch of any object delineated horizontally;—an elevated ground or floor of earth or stone on which artillery is planted;—a terrace or walk in front of a castle, fort, & c.;—an equal position or standing; possession of equal right or privilege;—the groundwork of a plan or design; basis of a scheme;—the programme of opinions or principles which a political candidate or party adopt as a ground of public action;—the raised part of a hall or place of public meeting on which the chairman and speakers stand;—the landing place at a railway station.
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