launching platform

collocation in English

meaningsoflaunchandplatform

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launch
noun[C]
uk
/lɔːntʃ/us
/lɑːntʃ/
an event to celebrate or introduce ...
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platform
noun
uk
/ˈplæt.fɔːm/us
/ˈplæt.fɔːrm/
a flat raised area ...
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(Definition oflaunchandplatformfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Her initial work should provide an excellentlaunchingplatformfor additional - and, one hopes, more referential and developed - investigations by others.
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As a possiblelaunchingplatformthere is the political stability to which tribute has been paid and which was shown by the general elections of last year.
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They are often powered by a rocket motor or sometimes fired by an explosive charge, since thelaunchingplatformis typically stationary or moving slowly.
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Aircraft continued to be a primarylaunchingplatform, including the newly available helicopter, though homing torpedoes can also be launched from surface ships or submarines.
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Mitscher was assigned to the armored cruiser, which was being used to experiment as alaunchingplatformfor aircraft.
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After this point the seeker remains locked on the target, even if the aircraft orlaunchingplatformmoves.
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Only the sounding balloonslaunchingplatform, the aurorae observation tower and multiple chimneys and antennae stuck out on the surface.
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In that case there is nothing more important than to keep the potential launching platforms as far away from this country as is conceivably possible.
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The unguided and imprecise rockets were fired from mobile rocket launching platforms.
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Bulky mobile launching platforms also proved to be expensive to operate and difficult to transport.
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At the player's end there are two launching platforms, one in front of either channel.
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Submarines, as subsurface launching platforms, present an important threat to conventional naval operations.
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