platformingn.1
/ˈplatfɔːmɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈplætˌfɔrmɪŋ/ Now rare.
The action of platform v. (in various senses); an instance of this.
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the mind > will > intention > planning > [noun]
compassinga1300
compassmentc1300
ordainingc1350
ordinancec1385
imaginationa1393
conjectmentc1400
before-castinga1425
forecastinga1425
imagininga1449
conjectinga1450
machinationc1550
platforming1560
plotting1593
contrivement1599
agitation1600
contrival1602
contrivage1610
projection1611
projectment1611
contrivance1647
politics1650
digestion1680
planning1730
contriving1751
scheme1790
scheming1813
schemery1822
replanning1853
mapping1856
macroplanning1966
the world > space > relative position > high position > [noun] > quality of being raised or elevated > raised level surface or platform > placing (as) on a platform
platforming1793
the mind > language > speech > speech-making > [noun]
declamation1552
public speaking1587
oratory1594
orationing1633
speeching1664
rostrum1690
speech-making1718
speechifying1723
speakinga1763
speechification1825
platforming1892
peroratory1903
1560 in R. Adam Edinb. Rec. (1899) II. 97 Vxx XV stane of clayth leid to the platforming of the steipill.
1594 R. Carew tr. J. Huarte Exam. Mens Wits viii. 108 In platforming, and building, which belong to the imagination.
1648 T. Warmestry To Two Houses in Suspira Eccl. sig. **2 For the right and just platforming of your designes and undertakings.
1711 T. Bennet Rights Clergy Christian Church xxvii. 364 From the very first platforming of the Church of Israel, the Tribe of Levi was set a part for the public Ministery.
1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) §167 Every course must not only be tried singly together upon the platform,..but it must have the course next above it put upon it,..and this..amounted to the platforming of every course twice.
1892 H. Jephson Platform I. 556 Its attendant meetings and Platformings.
1960 P. Fatout M. Twain on Lect. Circuit 233 He avoided lecturing because he could not think of a lecture worth delivering; furthermore, after twenty years of platforming, it was time to subside.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
Platformingn.2
/ˈplatfɔːmɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈplætˌfɔrmɪŋ/ A proprietary name for: a process for reforming petroleum using a platinum catalyst. Frequently attributive.
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society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > oil refining or separating processes > [noun]
re-refining1864
cracking1868
stripping1922
sweetening1924
Platforming1949
Powerforming1956
steam cracking1959
1949 E. F. Nelson in Oil & Gas Jrnl. 7 Apr. 95/1 Our [sc. Universal Oil Products'] research and development departments have become so used to referring to the process as ‘platforming’ that we have decided that at this time we would officially christen it.
1954 Wall St. Jrnl. 16 Aug. 5/3 Sunray Oil Corp., Tulsa, completed a new 5,000 barrel a day platforming unit at its Sunray Village refinery in Duncan, Okla.
1973 S. A. Berridge in G. D. Hobson & W. Pohl Mod. Petroleum Technol. (ed. 4) xi. 410 The Universal Oil Products Company has combined the Udex process with its Platforming process in an operation called Rexforming.
1991 Hydrocarbon Processing Sept. 47 (advt.) Platforming. Octane upgrading of heavy naphtha.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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