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tram⋅po⋅line

[tram-puh-leen, tram-puh-leen, -lin]
–noun
1. a sheet, usually of canvas, attached by resilient cords or springs to a horizontal frame several feet above the floor, used by acrobats and gymnasts as a springboard in tumbling.
2. Nautical. a fabric deck stretched on the braces connecting the hulls of a catamaran or trimaran, resembling a gymnastic trampoline.

Origin:
1790–1800; var. of trampolin < It trampolino springboard, equiv. to trampol(i) stilts (< Gmc; see trample ) + -ino -ine 1


tram⋅po⋅lin⋅er, tram⋅po⋅lin⋅ist, noun
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tram·po·line   (trām'pə-lēn', -lĭn)   
n.  A strong, taut sheet, usually of canvas, attached with springs to a metal frame and used for gymnastic springing and tumbling.

[Spanish trampolín and Italian trampolino (Italian, from Spanish), from tràmpoli, stilts, of Germanic origin.]
tram'po·lin'er, tram'po·lin'ist n.
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Word Origin & History

trampoline 
1798, from Sp. trampolin "springboard," and It. trampolino, from trampoli "stilts," from a Gmc. source (cf. Low Ger. trampeln "trample") related to tramp.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Computing Dictionary

trampoline
An incredibly hairy technique, found in some HLL and program-overlay implementations (e.g. on the Macintosh), that involves on-the-fly generation of small executable (and, likely as not, self-modifying) code objects to do indirection between code sections. These pieces of live data are called "trampolines". Trampolines are notoriously difficult to understand in action; in fact, it is said by those who use this term that the trampoline that doesn't bend your brain is not the true trampoline. See also snap.
[The Jargon File]
(2003-03-26)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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trampoline

an elevated, resilient webbed bed or canvas sheet supported by springs in a metal frame and used as a springboard for tumbling. Trampolining, or rebound tumbling, is an individual sport of acrobatic movements performed after rebounding into the air from the trampoline.

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