Portal

9 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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 [gcide]:

  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 WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]
       3: a short vein that carries blood into the liver [syn: {portal
          vein}, {hepatic portal vein}, {vena portae}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  PORTAL
       
          Process-Oriented Real-Time Algorithmic Language.
       
          ["PORTAL - A Pascal-based Real-Time Programming Language",
          R. Schild in Algorithmic Languages, J.W. deBakker et al eds,
          N-H 1981].
       
       

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  portal
       
           A {web site} 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) [gazetteer]:

  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) [gaz-place]:

  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) [gaz-place]:

  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