lf the platform just reflects the order.
Pope.
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.
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.
5. (Naut.) A light deck, usually placed in a section of the hold or
over the floor of the magazine. See Orlop.
Platform car, a railway car without permanent raised sides or covering;
a f&?;at. -- Platform scale, a weighing machine, with a flat platform
on which objects are weighed.