podium

(redirected from podia)
Also found in: Thesaurus, Medical, Encyclopedia.

po·di·um

(pō′dē-əm)

n. pl. po·di·ums or po·di·a (-dē-ə)

1. An elevated platform, as for an orchestra conductor or public speaker.

2. A stand for holding the notes of a public speaker; a lectern.

3. Architecture

a. A low wall serving as a foundation.

b. A wall circling the arena of an ancient amphitheater.

4. Biology A structure resembling or functioning as a foot.

intr.v. po·di·umed, po·di·um·ing, po·di·ums Sports

To complete a competition, especially a race, as one of the top three contestants, usually being honored while standing on a podium.

[Latin, from Greek podion, base, diminutive of pous, pod-, foot; see ped- in Indo-European roots.]

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

podium

(ˈpəʊdɪəm)

n, pl -diums or -dia (-dɪə)

1. a small raised platform used by lecturers, orchestra conductors, etc; dais

2. (Architecture) a plinth that supports a colonnade or wall

3. (Architecture) a low wall surrounding the arena of an ancient amphitheatre

4. (Zoology) zoology

a. the terminal part of a vertebrate limb

b. any footlike organ, such as the tube foot of a starfish

(General Sporting Terms) (intr) informal to finish in one of the first three places in a sporting competition

[C18: from Latin: platform, balcony, from Greek podion little foot, from pous foot]

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

po•di•um

(ˈpoʊ di əm)

n., pl. -di•ums, -di•a (-di ə)

1. a small platform for an orchestra conductor, speaker, etc.

2. lectern (def. 2).

a. a low wall or platform forming a base for a structure, as the masonry supporting the colonnade of a classical temple.

b. a raised platform surrounding the arena of a Roman amphitheater.

4. Anat. a foot.

[1605–15; < Latin: elevated place, balcony < Greek pódion little foot]

-podium

a combining form meaning “footlike appendage,” “support,” “stem”: pseudopodium.

[< New Latin; see podium]

lectern, podium, dais, rostrum - A lectern is the stand on which the speaker's notes are placed, the podium is the platform on which the speaker and lectern stand, a dais is a platform for several people, and a rostrum is a platform for one or more.

podium

noun platform, stand, stage, rostrum, dais A bomb was discovered under the speaker's podium at the conference.

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

Translations

Spanish / Español

Select a language:

podium

[ˈpəʊdɪəm] N (podiums, podia (pl)) [ˈpəʊdɪə] → podio m

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

podium

(ˈpəudiəm) noun

a platform on which a lecturer, musical conductor etc stands. podio

References in periodicals archive ?

Laptops, DVDs, projectors and screens, document cameras, and interactive whiteboards are all brought together to create a rich and dimensional learning experience; advanced control panels, specially architected podia, and even 24/7 technical support are put into place to further enhance the initiative.

Innovation across the campus: presentation technology is big news on campuses using it to better educate the lawyers of tomorrow, regional workforces, and even instructors themselves

The investigation into irregularities at Podia took another twist yesterday after the Formula 1 marketing group suspended its finance director.

In a brief statement to the City, Podia said it had decided to suspend Hatim Dungarwalla on Wednesday night.

F1 group suspends director

The podia of sea urchins function in locomotion, adhesion, feeding, and respiration; but different podia on a single urchin are often specialized to one or more of these tasks.

The surface of the green sea urchin, Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis, like that of all urchins, is covered with five double rows of podia, and these structures are essentially hollow tubes with terminal suckers.

Walking Versus Breathing: Mechanical Differentiation of Sea Urchin Podia Corresponds to Functional Specialization

AIM-listed Podia asked for its shares to be frozen while it carried out an investigation into 'certain irregularities' at one of its subsidiaries.

Podia, based in Chertsey, Surrey, revealed the share suspension in a short statement to the market and said a further announcement would be made 'in due course'.

F1 goods leaders investigate subsidiary

Asteroid podia are traditionally viewed as suckered organs in which adhesion is partly due to suction (mechanical attachment) and partly to adhesives (chemical attachment) (Smith.

As far as the chemical mechanism is concerned, Hermans (1983) proposed that all echinoderm podia possess duo-gland adhesive systems enclosing two types of secretory cells (viz., cells releasing an adhesive secretion and cells releasing a de-adhesive secretion) that are involved in the attachment to the substratum.

The role of podial secretions in adhesion in two species of sea stars (Echinodermata)