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Platform

[plat-fawrm]

noun

a horizontal surface or structure with a horizontal surface raised above the level of the surrounding area.

a raised flooring or other horizontal surface, such as, in a hall or meeting place, a stage for use by public speakers, performers, etc.

the raised area between or alongside the tracks of a railroad station, from which the cars of the train are entered.

the open entrance area, or the vestibule, at the end of a railroad passenger car.

a landing in a flight of stairs.

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a public statement of the principles, objectives, and policy of a political party, especially as put forth by the representatives of the party in a convention to nominate candidates for an election: The platform contained the usual platitudes.

a body of principles on which a person or group takes a stand in appealing to the public; program: The Fabians developed an all-embracing platform promising utopia.

a set of principles; plan.

a place for public discussion; forum.

10.

a decklike construction on which the drill rig of an offshore oil or gas well is erected.

11.

Building Trades. a relatively flat member or construction for distributing weight, as a wall plate, grillage, etc.

12.

Military.

solid ground on which artillery pieces are mounted.

a metal stand or base attached to certain types of artillery pieces.

13.

Nautical. flat¹ (def. 42a).

14.

a flat, elevated piece of ground.

15.

Geology. a vast area of undisturbed sedimentary rocks that, together with a shield, constitutes a craton.

16.

a thick insert of leather, cork, or other sturdy material between the uppers and the sole of a shoe, usually intended for stylish effect or to give added height.

17.

platforms, platform shoes.

18.

hardware platform.

software platform.

19.

a scheme of religious principles or doctrines.

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Origin:
1540–50; earlier platte forme < Middle French: literally, flat form, plane figure. See plate¹, form

Related forms

plat·form·less, adjective

Synonyms
2. stage, dais, rostrum, pulpit.

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Example Sentences

Marketcetera hopes to get around such shortcomings by focusing on tuning a broad trading platform.

Presidential candidates have a history of conforming to the party platform when the time comes.

In the calmer seas behind that cordon, more reefs appear as irregular circles and crescents known as platform reefs.

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Marketcetera hopes to get around such shortcomings by focusing on tuning a broad trading platform.

Presidential candidates have a history of conforming to the party platform when the time comes.

In the calmer seas behind that cordon, more reefs appear as irregular circles and crescents known as platform reefs.

Inside, cashew trees frame a cluster of gauzy mesh cages perched on a platform.

Vertical grooves indicate where a platform once rose.

It surrounds a brick platform that raises and supports a portable metal fire bowl.

It could've been the first real web-driven platform.

In other words, it's aiming to be not a service but a platform.

Remember that the photographer becomes a floating platform on which the camera rests.

They built a super platform you have to see the photos.

Tidal surges and currents can bash a diver's head against a steel platform.

See how this remodel turned a dark home into an airy platform for relaxed living more.

Every ten years or so, a new dominant platform emerges to elevate computing to another level.

At first the scrub jay was all alone on the platform, but then another jay landed on the platform across from him.

Underneath one of its artificial islands, marine life can adhere to the floating platform.

Young's innovation was to attach a board to the instrument's base, creating a kind of narrow platform.

We used it as a platform for a lounge area off an outdoor kitchen.

Paul has a platform for his sometimes good and sometimes borderline insane ideas.

Improvements to the mobile phone platform are being driven by consumers, not science, but science is reaping the benefits.

The mirror, a perfect hexagon of gunmetal gray, stands vertically on a low platform.

He wore street clothes instead of a sweatsuit as he stood on the gold medal platform with his teammates.

Given lighter ones, they realised they had to hold on to the stick and push down on the platform.

He couldn't get the suitcase-sized experiment to latch firmly onto the platform.

Ordinarily this is when a woman would begin to cringe--the moment before her breast is smashed onto a cold x-ray platform.

But a greater prize is the creation of a multilateral clearing platform for all manner of complicated bilateral trades.

Apple's innovative iPad provides digital media consumers with a compelling new platform to enjoy their favorite content.

You're much more likely to see a sealed smartphone for another platform.

Platform companies that can capture a digital market have benefits for the wider economy.

Orbital space as a weaponized platform is far too vulnerable to make sense.

The researchers say the platform could work for a variety of driving tips-prices at gas stations, or parking availability.

Corbett, who ran on a platform of no new taxes, including on the state's burgeoning natural-gas industry.

One by one the divers walk to the edge of the platform and pause, gathering concentration.

It becomes a splintered platform of slightly modified versions.

See how this remodel turned a dark home into an airy platform for relaxed living.

It also points towards an eventual united platform for all of the company's social.

Its founders say they hope to provide professional support for members, as well as a possible platform for future advocacy.

If the deal is consummated it will create the world's largest trading platform for shares and derivatives.

New findings suggest that a lump of clay could have provided a platform for the formation of primordial cells.

Yahoo also thinks the platform could help solve online journalism's revenue woes.

They do this through a social networking platform built for each course.

Jazz has been his platform for musical ideas, and the best.

Today control increasingly rests with the legislators and judges who discipline platform makers.

Inside, a raised platform holds a cushy foam mattress topped with a featherbed.

They will work in small teams to develop the platform and build on its connectivity capabilities with new applications.

Can't see why shorts and sandals are out of the question if you're on the platform.

The bears depend on sea ice as a platform from which they can hunt seals, their main prey.

Xbox s one gaming platform that has seen a huge growth in one particular gaming.

The internet provides a cheap platform for entrepreneurs to build interactive businesses.

The penguins rely on winter sea ice as a platform for feeding on ocean krill.

Knockout mice also learned to navigate a water maze and locate a submerged platform faster than normal mice did.

She went off to the convention an uncommitted delegate sitting on the platform committee.

It's a stunning growth curve for an independent platform that seemed to emerge out of nowhere.

He led the team that developed the first widely used software platform architecture for immersive virtual reality applications.

They spend their days sleeping in the sun on their own specially made platform.

When the oil ignited, the platform above collapsed.

Flash has evolved from being a mere animation player into a multimedia platform capable of running applications of its own.

The tomb contained a wooden coffin decorated with a copper lattice and a gilded mask, sitting on a raised platform.

He sat on a platform two feet above the showroom floor.

It was a platform to beat all platforms, yet the other platforms won.

Landlines are the platform for many public services, such as emergency response.

I'd curled my toes over the launch platform and leaped directly forward, in the swan-dive position.

They sent each mouse through a water maze that required it to find a platform obscured beneath the surface of murky water.

Just perch on a platform above the river's edge and enjoy the show: grizzlies by the dozens feasting on salmon by the thousands.

Here, atop a mossy platform and around a young sapling, he has woven his spire of sticks and twigs.

It also provides a platform for scientists to express ideas and opinions such as this column.

There is only a matter of whether one wants to look at a platform from their beach house or at a pump jack from their ski condo.

Publishers should think twice before worshipping the iPad as the future platform for magazines and newspapers.

The first of two tunnels out of the missile bay leads to a platform.

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World English Dictionary

platform (ˈplætfɔːm)

—n
1.	a raised floor or other horizontal surface, such as a stage for speakers
2.	a raised area at a railway station, from which passengers have access to the trains
3.	drilling platform See production platform
4.	the declared principles, aims, etc, of a political party, an organization, or an individual
5.	a level raised area of ground
6.	a. the thick raised sole of some high-heeled shoes
	b. (as modifier): platform shoes
7.	a vehicle or level place on which weapons are mounted and fired
8.	a specific type of computer hardware or computer operating system

[C16: from French plateforme, from plat flat + forme form, layout]

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Word Origin & History

platform

1550, "plan of action, scheme, design," from M.Fr. plate-forme, lit. "flat form," from O.Fr. plate "flat" (see plat) + forme "form" (see form). The literal sense of "raised, level surface" is first recorded 1560. Political meaning, "statement of party

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policies," is from 1803, probably originally an image of a lit. platform on which politicians gather, stand, and make their appeals, perhaps influenced by earlier sense of "set of rules governing church doctrine" (first attested 1573). Railroad station sense is from 1838.

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American Heritage

Science Dictionary

platform

(plāt'fôrm') Pronunciation Key

The basic technology of a computer system's hardware and software, defining how a computer is operated and determining what other kinds of software can be used. Additional software or hardware must be compatible with the platform.
The part of a continent's craton (the ancient, relatively undisturbed portion of a continental plate) that is covered by flat or nearly flat strata of sediment.

American Heritage

Cultural Dictionary

platform definition

A political party's or candidate's written statement of principles and plans. A platform is usually developed by a committee at the party convention during a presidential campaign.

platform definition

The combination of computer hardware and operating system that applications must be compatible with.

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Computing Dictionary

platform definition

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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