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   Halfpace (-pās), n. (Arch.) A platform of a staircase where the stair turns back in exactly the reverse direction of the lower flight. See Quarterpace.
   
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   ☞ This term and quarterpace are rare or unknown in the United States, platform or landing being used instead.
   
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   Platform (?), n. [Plat, a. + -form: cf. F. plateforme.]
   1. A plat; a plan; a sketch; a model; a pattern. Used also figuratively. [Obs.]  Bacon.
   
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   2. A place laid out after a model. [Obs.]
   
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   lf the platform just reflects the order. Pope.
   
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   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.
   
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   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.
   
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   5. (Naut.) A light deck, usually placed in a section of the hold or over the floor of the magazine. See Orlop.
   
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   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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   Platform, v. t.
   1. To place on a platform. [R.]
   
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   2. To form a plan of; to model; to lay out. [Obs.]
   
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   Church discipline is platformed in the Bible. Milton.
   
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