 |
|
 |
Platform Definition–noun | 1. | a horizontal surface or structure with a horizontal surface raised above the level of the surrounding area. |
| 2. | a raised flooring or other horizontal surface, such as, in a hall or meeting place, a stage for use by public speakers, performers, etc. |
| 3. | the raised area between or alongside the tracks of a railroad station, from which the cars of the train are entered. |
| 4. | the open entrance area, or the vestibule, at the end of a railroad passenger car. |
| 5. | a landing in a flight of stairs. |
| 6. | a public statement of the principles, objectives, and policy of a political party, esp. as put forth by the representatives of the party in a convention to nominate candidates for an election: The platform contained the usual platitudes. |
| 7. | 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. |
| 8. | a set of principles; plan. |
| 9. | 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. | a. | solid ground on which artillery pieces are mounted. |
| b. | 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 leath
3e8
er, 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. |
| 19. | a scheme of religious principles or doctrines. |
|
From Dictionary
Related topics from BritannicaMedia and Publishing
The most popular show in American television programming at the end of the 2003-04 TV season in May was the CBS crime drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, and it retained that rank in the first ...
Media and Publishing
New television sets in the U.S. were equipped with secondary audio programming technology that, when activated by the remote control, allowed Spanish-speaking viewers to hear TV dialogue in Spanish. ...
Media and Publishing
Japan's Sakura and Sanwa banks began providing TV banking services on digital broadcasting satellite screens in December. Four of Japan's largest electronic companies-Matsushita, Toshiba, Sony, and ...
Media and Publishing
By 2001 the late 1990s rush to complete megamergers seemed to have ended in the United States, as each of the six leading American broadcast networks had aligned with a much larger ...
Rock and television
Think of rock and television as one of those couples plainly destined to get together but often at odds until the shotgun wedding arranged by MTV (Music TeleVision) finally got them to the altar in ...
Media and Publishing
In January Australian media mogul Rupert Murdoch announced that he was "very, very bullish" about prospects in Asia, despite the region's economic slowdown, but skeptical about the potential of the ...
Media and Publishing
In 2006 the television industry found itself in the uncomfortable position of being redefined by an array of new media technologies and the habits they created in consumers. It was a distressingly ...
Zennstrom, Niklas, and Friis, Janus
and Li Ruigang
Sitting at the helm of one of China's largest media companies in 2006 was Li Ruigang, president of Shanghai Media Group (SMG), a state-owned conglomerate that had dramatically raised its ...
The French Elections
France's 2002 presidential election campaign started in lacklustre fashion. The two presumed main rivals-Pres. Jacques Chirac and Prime Minister Lionel Jospin-declared their candidacies in February ...
|
Related topics from Technorati |
|
|
|
|
 |
