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PLATFORM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A woman's shoe with a very high thick sole
Synonyms:
chopine; platform
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("platform" is a kind of...):
shoe (footwear shaped to fit the foot (below the ankle) with a flexible upper of leather or plastic and a sole and heel of heavier material)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A raised horizontal surface
Example:
the speaker mounted the platform
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("platform" is a kind of...):
horizontal surface; level (a flat surface at right angles to a plumb line)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "platform"):
turntable (a rotatable platform with a track; used to turn locomotives and cars)
turntable (a circular horizontal platform that rotates a phonograph record while it is being played)
top (platform surrounding the head of a lower mast)
stairhead (platform at the top of a staircase)
microscope stage; stage (a small platform on a microscope where the specimen is mounted for examination)
stage (a large platform on which people can stand and can be seen by an audience)
scaffold (a platform from which criminals are executed (hanged or beheaded))
runway (a narrow platform extending from the stage into the audience in a theater or nightclub etc.)
ring (a platform usually marked off by ropes in which contestants box or wrestle)
dock; pier; wharf; wharfage (a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats)
pallet (a portable platform for storing or moving goods that are stacked on it)
monkey bridge (a high narrow platform above a deck or in an engine room or boiler room)
launch area; launch pad; launching pad; launchpad; pad (a platform from which rockets or space craft are launched)
landing stage (platform from which passengers and cargo can be (un)loaded)
landing (an intermediate platform in a staircase)
foretop (a platform at the head of a foremast)
footplate (the platform in the cab of a locomotive on which the engineer stands to operate the controls)
footboard (a narrow platform on which to stand or brace the feet)
fly floor; fly gallery (a narrow raised platform at the side of a stage in a theater; stagehands can work the ropes controlling equipment in the flies)
dock; loading dock (a platform where trucks or trains can be loaded or unloaded)
deck (any of various platforms built into a vessel)
ambo; dais; podium; pulpit; rostrum; soapbox; stump (a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it)
crow's nest (platform for a lookout at or near the top of a mast)
catwalk (narrow platform extending out into an auditorium)
bandstand; outdoor stage; stand (a platform where a (brass) band can play in the open air)
auction block; block (a platform from which an auctioneer sells)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Any military structure or vehicle bearing weapons
Synonyms:
platform; weapons platform
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("platform" is a kind of...):
construction; structure (a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts)
Domain category:
armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "platform"):
gun enclosure; gun turret; turret (a self-contained weapons platform housing guns and capable of rotation)
Sense 4
Meaning:
The combination of a particular computer and a particular operating system
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("platform" is a kind of...):
ADP system; ADPS; automatic data processing system; computer system; computing system (a system of one or more computers and associated software with common storage)
Meronyms (parts of "platform"):
computer; computing device; computing machine; data processor; electronic computer; information processing system (a machine for performing calculations automatically)
operating system; OS ((computer science) software that controls the execution of computer programs and may provide various services)
Sense 5
Meaning:
A document stating the aims and principles of a political party
Example:
they won the election even though they offered no positive program
Synonyms:
platform; political platform; political program; program
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("platform" is a kind of...):
document; papers; written document (writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature))
Meronyms (parts of "platform"):
plank (an endorsed policy in the platform of a political party)
Context examples:
They, too, function as platforms but serve to recruit enzymes such as histone deacetylases.
(Gene Expression Regulation by Vitamin D Receptor Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)
According to my experience it is not possible to reach the platform of a Metropolitan train without exhibiting one’s ticket.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Researchers were able to achieve a nanolaser platform that solves these issues by using photon upconversion.
(Tiny, biocompatible laser could function inside living tissues, National Science Foundation)
Straight down the aisle he came, and up the platform.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
When they staggered to their feet once more, the whole keep had settled down upon one side, so that they could scarce keep their footing upon the sloping platform.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
This analytical platform presents results comparable to those achieved using commercial instruments and has been validated in its measurement of various important compounds, such as glucose and pH.
(Scientists design platform to conduct chemical analysis using a smartphone, University of Granada)
Human-made sounds can be everything from spinning wind turbines and ship traffic to water scooters and drilling platforms.
(Marine Birds Can Hear Under Water, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
A new study employed quantitative spatial analysis to establish that the platforms, or ahu, built to support the Easter Island statues, or moai, are usually located near sources of drinkable water.
(Scientists report correlation between locations of Easter Island statues and water resources, Wikinews)
A suite of database and analysis tools for managing proteomics data; built on LabKey, the open source platform for science developed in partnership with the Fred Hutchison Cancer Research Center.
(Computational Proteomics Analysis System, NCI Thesaurus)
A system of at least five exoplanets has been discovered by citizen scientists through a project called Exoplanet Explorers, part of the online platform Zooniverse, using data from NASA's Kepler space telescope.
(Multi-planet System Found Through Crowdsourcing, NASA)
