Portal
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
portal
n 1: a grand and imposing entrance (often extended
metaphorically); "the portals of the cathedral"; "the
portals of heaven"; "the portals of success"
2: a site that the owner positions as an entrance to other sites
on the internet; "a portal typically has search engines and
free email and chat rooms etc." [syn: {portal site},
{portal}]
3: a short vein that carries blood into the liver [syn: {portal
vein}, {hepatic portal vein}, {portal}, {vena portae}]
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Portal \Por"tal\, a. (Anat.)
Of or pertaining to a porta, especially the porta of the
liver; as, the portal vein, which enters the liver at the
porta, and divides into capillaries after the manner of an
artery.
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Note: Portal is applied to other veins which break up into
capillaries; as, the renal portal veins in the frog.
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from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Portal \Por"tal\, n. [OF. portal, F. portail, LL. portale, fr.
L. porta a gate. See {Port} a gate.]
1. A door or gate; hence, a way of entrance or exit,
especially one that is grand and imposing.
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Thick with sparkling orient gems
The portal shone. --Milton.
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From out the fiery portal of the east. --Shak.
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2. (Arch.)
(a) The lesser gate, where there are two of different
dimensions.
(b) Formerly, a small square corner in a room separated
from the rest of the apartment by wainscoting, forming
a short passage to another apartment.
(c) By analogy with the French portail, used by recent
writers for the whole architectural composition which
surrounds and includes the doorways and porches of a
church.
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3. (Bridge Building) The space, at one end, between opposite
trusses when these are terminated by inclined braces.
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4. A prayer book or breviary; a portass. [Obs.]
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{Portal bracing} (Bridge Building), a combination of struts
and ties which lie in the plane of the inclined braces at
a portal, serving to transfer wind pressure from the upper
parts of the trusses to an abutment or pier of the bridge.
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from
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)
portal
<World-Wide Web> A {website} that aims to be an entry point
to the {World-Wide Web}, typically offering a {search engine}
and/or links to useful pages, and possibly news or other
services. These services are usually provided for free in the
hope that users will make the site their default {home page}
or at least visit it often. Popular examples are {Yahoo} and
{MSN}. Most portals on the {Internet} exist to generate
advertising income for their owners, others may be focused on
a specific group of users and may be part of an {intranet} or
{extranet}. Some may just concentrate on one particular
subject, say technology or medicine, and are known as a
{vertical portals}.
(2001-07-07)
from
U.S. Gazetteer (1990)
Portal, AZ
Zip code(s): 85632
Portal, GA (town, FIPS 62216)
Location: 32.53627 N, 81.93058 W
Population (1990): 522 (229 housing units)
Area: 4.5 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 30450
Portal, ND (city, FIPS 63740)
Location: 48.99561 N, 102.54787 W
Population (1990): 192 (104 housing units)
Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 58772
from
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
Portal, ND -- U.S. city in North Dakota
Population (2000): 131
Housing Units (2000): 98
Land area (2000): 0.562735 sq. miles (1.457478 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.562735 sq. miles (1.457478 sq. km)
FIPS code: 63740
Located within: North Dakota (ND), FIPS 38
Location: 48.995629 N, 102.550430 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 58772
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Portal, ND
Portal
from
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
Portal, GA -- U.S. town in Georgia
Population (2000): 597
Housing Units (2000): 254
Land area (2000): 1.740192 sq. miles (4.507077 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.034770 sq. miles (0.090053 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.774962 sq. miles (4.597130 sq. km)
FIPS code: 62216
Located within: Georgia (GA), FIPS 13
Location: 32.537275 N, 81.931738 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 30450
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Portal, GA
Portal
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
46 Moby Thesaurus words for "portal":
French door, archway, back door, barway, bulkhead,
carriage entrance, cellar door, cellarway, door, doorjamb,
doorpost, doorway, entrance, entrance hall, entranceway, entry,
entryway, foyer, front door, galilee, gate, gatepost, gateway,
hatch, hatchway, lintel, lobby, narthex, porch, porte cochere,
portico, postern, propylaeum, pylon, scuttle, side door, stile,
stoa, storm door, threshold, tollgate, trap, trap door, turnpike,
turnstile, vestibule
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