Look up: springboard

1. Springboard
   [gymnastics] A springboard is a platform set upon one or usually multiple springs used in artistic gymnastics to propel a gymnast who jumps upon it further than if they had otherwise jumped off a fixed platform. The springboard is a vital part of the vault event, and is commonly used in some...
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2. Springboard
   A springboard or diving board is used for diving and is a board that is itself a spring, i.e. a linear flex-spring, of the cantilever type. Springboards are commonly fixed by a hinge at one end (so they can be flipped up when not in use), and the other end usually hangs over a swimming pool, with a...
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3. springboard
   [n] - a flexible board for jumping upward
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4. springboard
   a short board or plank,its end notched into the bole,on which the cutter stands so as to enable him to fell the tree at a level not reachable from the ground Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries • an elastic board one or three meters above water Category: Sports, entertainments and leisure
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5. Springboard
   Spring'board` noun An elastic board, secured at the ends, or at one end, often by elastic supports, used in performing feats of agility or in exercising.
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6. springboard
   jumping-off point noun a beginning from which an enterprise is launched; `he uses other people`s ideas as a springboard for his own`; `reality provides the jumping-off point for his illusions`; ...
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7. springboard
   noun a flexible board for jumping upward
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8. Springboard
   • (n.) An elastic board, secured at the ends, or at one end, often by elastic supports, used in performing feats of agility or in exercising.
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9. SpringBoard
   Springboard, or Home Screen is the standard application that manages the iOS home screen. Other tasks include starting WindowServer, launching and bootstrapping applications and setting some of the device`s settings on startup. ==History== In 2008, with Apple`s release of iPhone OS 1.1.2 and the Ja...
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10. Springboard
    [business] Springboard is the name of a business incubator formed by Cambridge-based company Red Gate Software. Over the course of ten weeks, Red Gate provides startups with office space, money to live on, food and mentoring, including weekly talks from successful entrepreneurs. In return, R...
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