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Look up: springboard

  1. springboard
    [n] - a flexible board for jumping upward
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. 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
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  3. 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.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/174

  4. 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`; ...
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  5. springboard
    noun a flexible board for jumping upward
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  6. 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.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  7. 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, wit...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springboard

  8. 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 som...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springboard

  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 1.1.3 and the Ja...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpringBoard

  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, ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springboard



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9 February 2012

This day in history:
At 7.01pm on 9 February 1996, the IRA ended its 17-month ceasefire with a blast that rocked east London, injured more than 100 people, one critically, and thrust Northern Ireland back into political ferment. After one hour of shock and hectic checking with the security forces who, like the Government, were taken 'completely by surprise', Prime Minister John Major attacked the bombing as 'an appalling outrage'. He called upon Sinn Fein and the IRA to condemn unequivocally those who planted the bomb near South Quay railway station on the Isle of Dogs. read more

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