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 [tram-puh-leen, tram-puh-leen, -lin]   Origin

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.
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Origin:
1790–1800; variant of trampolin < Italian trampolino springboard, equivalent to trampol(i) stilts (< Germanic; see trample) + -ino -ine1

Related forms
tram·po·lin·er, tram·po·lin·ist, noun
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World English Dictionary
trampoline (ˈtræmpəlɪn, -ˌliːn)
 
—n
1.  a tough canvas sheet suspended by springs or elasticated cords from a frame, used by acrobats, gymnasts, etc
 
—vb
2.  (intr) to exercise on a trampoline
 
[C18: via Spanish from Italian trampolino, from trampoli stilts, of Germanic origin; compare trample]
 
'trampoliner
 
—n
 
'trampolinist
 
—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.
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trampoline definition


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.
[Jargon File]
(2003-03-26)

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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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