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.
2.
A place laid out after a model.
[Obs.]
lf the platform just reflects the order.
Pope.
3.
Any flat or horizontal surface; especially, one that is raised above some particular level, as a framework of timber or boards horizontally joined so as to form a roof, or a raised floor, or portion of a floor; a landing; a dais; a stage, for speakers, performers, or workmen; a standing place.
4.
A declaration of the principles upon which a person, a sect, or a party proposes to stand; a declared policy or system; as, the Saybrook platform; a political platform.
"The
platform of Geneva."
Hooker.
5. Naut.
A light deck, usually placed in a section of the hold or over the floor of the magazine. See Orlop.
Platform car, a railway car without permanent raised sides or covering; a fat. -- Platform scale, a weighing machine, with a flat platform on which objects are weighed.
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Plat"form`, v. t.
1.
To place on a platform.
[R.]
2.
To form a plan of; to model; to lay out.
[Obs.]
Church discipline is platformed in the Bible.
Milton.
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