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launch pad

 
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–noun
1. the platform on which a missile or launch vehicle undergoes final prelaunch checkout and countdown and from which it is launched from the surface of the earth.
2. something that serves to launch or initiate: He used his legal experience as a launch pad for his career in politics.
Also, launchpad.
Also called launching pad, pad.

Origin:
1955–60
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launch pad  
n.  

  1. The base or platform from which a rocket or space vehicle is launched.

  2. A foundation or starting point.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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