'Portal' definitions:
Definition of 'portal'
(from WordNet)
noun
A grand and imposing entrance (often extended metaphorically); "the portals of the cathedral"; "the portals of heaven"; "the portals of success"
noun
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, portal]
noun
A short vein that carries blood into the liver [syn: portal vein, hepatic portal vein, portal, vena portae]
Definition of 'Portal'
From: 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. [1913 Webster]
- Note: Portal is applied to other veins which break up into capillaries; as, the renal portal veins in the frog. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Portal'
From: 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. [1913 Webster]
- Thick with sparkling orient gems The portal shone. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- From out the fiery portal of the east. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Bridge Building) The space, at one end, between opposite trusses when these are terminated by inclined braces. [1913 Webster]
- 4. A prayer book or breviary; a portass. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'portal'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- archway,
- back door,
- barway,
- bulkhead,
- carriage entrance,
- cellar door,
- cellarway,
- door,
- doorjamb,
- doorpost,
- doorway,
- entrance,
- entrance hall,
- entranceway,
- entry,
- entryway,
- foyer,
- French door,
- 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
Portal, ND -- U.S. city in North Dakota
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
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.
Portal, GA -- U.S. town in Georgia
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
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.