Platform

Platform

The word platform is used in several different contexts, usually referring to some kind of standing surface used to support things, give them stability, or visibility:

* Railway platform, an area at a train station to alight from/embark on trains or trams
* Political platform, a list of principles held by a political party
** Platformism, in anarchist politics, the tradition of Nestor Makhno's Organizational Platform of the Libertarian Communists
* Platform (European politics), an openly organized faction within a left-wing political party
* Platform (computing), a framework on which applications may be run
* Platform cover, in geology, the sedimentary deposits that lie on top of the craton's platform
* Platform game, a genre of video games
* Platform (geology), the part of a continental craton that is covered by sedimentary rocks
* Oil platform, a structure built for oil production
* Automobile platform, a set of components shared by several vehicle models
* Platform shoe, a kind of shoe with a thick sole
* Continental platform, in geology, the low depth sea area next to the continent
* A swimming pool platform, from which bathers jump
* Jumping platform, naturally occurring platforms, or platforms made in an ad-hoc way for cliff jumping
* "Platform "(film), a 2000 film by Jia Zhangke
* "Platform" (novel), a 2001 novel by Michel Houellebecq
* Platform (TV series), a short-lived internet television series that aired in 2007


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  • platform — plat‧form [ˈplætfɔːm ǁ fɔːrm] noun [countable] 1. the raised place beside a railway track where you get on and off the train 2. a system used to broadcast television or radio programmes 3. a tall structure built so that people can work around the …   Financial and business terms

  • Platform — Plat form , n. [Plat, a. + form: cf. F. plateforme.] 1. A plat; a plan; a sketch; a model; a pattern. Used also figuratively. [Obs.] Bacon. [1913 Webster] 2. A place laid out after a model. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] lf the platform just reflects the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Platform — (站台, Zhantai) est un film chinois réalisé par Jia Zhangke, sorti en 2000. Sommaire 1 Synopsis 2 Analyse 3 Fiche technique 4 Distribution …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Platform — ist eine türkischsprachige deutsche Zeitschrift für Wirtschaft und Kultur. Das Nachrichtenmagazin erscheint seit April 2004 und berichtet in erster Linie über Geschehnisse mit Bezug auf Deutschland. Herausgeber von Platform, das zweimonatlich als …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • platform — [plat′fôrm΄] n. [Fr plate forme, lit., flat form: see PLATE & FORM] 1. a raised horizontal surface of wood, stone, or metal; specif., a) a raised stage or flooring beside railroad tracks or the like b) a raised flooring or stage for performers,… …   English World dictionary

  • Platform — Plat form , v. t. 1. To place on a platform. [R.] [1913 Webster] 2. To form a plan of; to model; to lay out. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Church discipline is platformed in the Bible. Milton. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • platform — (n.) 1540s, plan of action, scheme, design, from M.Fr. plate forme, lit. flat form, from O.Fr. plate flat (see PLAT (Cf. plat)) + forme form (see FORM (Cf. form)). The literal sense of raised, level surface is first recorded 1550s. Political… …   Etymology dictionary

  • platform — [n1] stand or stage belvedere, dais, floor, podium, pulpit, rostrum, scaffold, scaffolding, staging, terrace; concepts 440,443 platform [n2] political stance, promises manifesto, objectives, party line*, plank, policy, principle, program,… …   New thesaurus

  • Platform — (engl., spr. plättform, »Plattform, flaches Dach« etc.), in Amerika soviel wie Rednerbühne für Wahlreden (neuerdings auch wieder in England allgemein für Hustings, s. d.); danach soviel wie Parteiprogramm. Bei allen Wahlen in Amerika für die… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Platform — (engl.), s. Plattform …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • platform — I noun assumed position, attitude, body of principles, campaign promises, course, course of action, declaration, declaration of policy, doctrine, line of conduct, outlook, party line, party planks, plan, plan of action, point of view, policy,… …   Law dictionary

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