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launch·pad

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. launching pad, launchpad, launch pad, launch area, padnoun

    a platform from which rockets or space craft are launched

Wiktionary

  1. launchpadnoun

    The surface or structure from which a launch is made.

  2. Etymology: launch + pad

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  1. launchpad

    A launchpad is a platform or base designed for launching a vehicle, specifically spacecraft or missiles. It usually refers to the entire launch site including facilities for storage, preparation, and launching. In a broader context, it can also refer to a place or means to start a venture or activity.

Wikidata

  1. Launchpad

    Launchpad is a web application and website that allows users to develop and maintain software, particularly open-source software. Launchpad is developed and maintained by Canonical Ltd. On 21 July 2009, the source code was released publicly under the Affero General Public License. As of January 2013, the launchpad repository hosts more than 30,149 projects. The domain launchpad.net attracted 1 million visitors by August 2009 according to a Compete.com survey.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of launchpad in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of launchpad in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of launchpad in a Sentence

  1. Jonathan Simons:

    We’re working hard to have another launchpad meeting to bring nonprofits in to discuss what we can do for veterans with cancer.

  2. Jake Levine:

    Before Launchpad I thought we would have to go directly to consumers and begin talking to retailers, but we leapfrogged that phase.

  3. Enrico Vaccari:

    Vivendi's investment in Telecom Italia is the launchpad for something bigger to come, like an M&A deal, as the telecoms industry in Europe is expected to consolidate.

  4. Jonathan Simons:

    This study involved more than 125,000 men with prostate cancer. It is the largest study of its kind. we’re working hard to have another launchpad meeting to bring nonprofits in to discuss what we can do for veterans with cancer.

  5. Paul Petersik:

    I will get a snowmobile to travel beyond this settlement, i love spontaneity with the outdoors and Longyearbyen is a dream travel launchpad.

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