platform
noun
/ˈplætfɔɹm/
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/ˈplætfɔːm/
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- A raised floor for any purpose, e.g. for workmen during construction, or formerly for military cannon.
- (figurative) A place or an opportunity to express one's opinion.
- (politics, figurative) A political stance on a broad set of issues, which are called planks.
- (computing) Ellipsis of computing platform: a particular type of operating system or environment such as a database or other specific software, and/or a particular type of computer or microprocessor, used to describe a particular environment for running other software.
- (geology) A flat expanse of rock, often the result of wave erosion.
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plataforma
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- (footwear, in the plural) Ellipsis of platform shoe: a kind of high shoe with an extra layer between the inner and outer soles.
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salto plataforma
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