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 f&?;at. -- Platform
scale, a weighing machine, with a flat platform on which
objects are weighed.
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.
