launch pad

See also: launchpad

English

A launch vehicle at a launch pad

Alternative forms

• launchpad

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈlɔːntʃ.pæd/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈlɑntʃ.pæd/, /ˈlɔntʃ.pæd/

Noun

launch pad (plural launch pads)

1. The surface or structure from which a launch is made.
2. (figuratively) A starting point.
   • 2019 September 6, Jordan Weissman, “How Not to Fight Anti-Semitism”, in Slate‎^[1]:

     Unfortunately, she has used the attack as a launch pad for a bizarre and undercooked exercise in rhetorical bothsidesism, in which she argues that American Jews should be just as worried about college students who overzealously criticize Israel as they are about the aspiring Einsatzgruppen who shoot up shuls.

Related terms

• launch
• launch center
• launch centre
• launch complex
• launcher
• launch site
• launch vehicle
• pad

 

Translations

the surface from which a launch is made

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Catalan: plataforma de llançament f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 發射臺／发射台 (zh) (fāshètái), 發射站／发射站 (zh) (fāshèzhàn)

• Danish: affyringsrampe c, afskydningsrampe c
• Finnish: laukaisualusta (fi)
• French: aire de lancement (fr) f, rampe de lancement (fr) f
• Georgian: გამშვები ბაქანი (gamšvebi bakani), სასტარტო მოედანი (sasṭarṭo moedani), გამშვები პლატფორმა (gamšvebi ṗlaṭporma), სასტარტო პლატფორმა (sasṭarṭo ṗlaṭporma), გამშვები მოედანი (gamšvebi moedani), სასტარტო ბაქანი (sasṭarṭo bakani)
• German: Startrampe f, Abschussrampe (de) f
• Hungarian: rakétaindító állvány, indítóállvány (hu), indítóállás (hu), kilövőplatform, kilövőállás, rakétaindító (hu), rakétakilövő (hu)
• Indonesian: landasan peluncuran
• Irish: ceap lainseála m, ionad lainseála m
• Italian: piattaforma di lancio f, rampa di lancio f
• Japanese: 発射台 (はっしゃだい, hasshadai)
• Korean: 발사대(發射臺) (ko) (balsadae)
• Polish: wyrzutnia rakietowa f
• Romanian: rampă de lansare (ro) f
• Russian: ста́ртовая площа́дка f (stártovaja ploščádka), ста́ртовая платфо́рма f (stártovaja platfórma), пусково́й стол m (puskovój stol)
• Spanish: plataforma de lanzamiento f
• Swedish: startramp c, startplatta c
• Tagalog: bunsuran
• Thai: แท่นปล่อยจรวด, ฐานปล่อยจรวด
• Turkish: fırlatma rampası
• Ukrainian: ста́ртовий майда́нчик m (stártovyj majdánčyk)
• Vietnamese: bệ phóng
• Welsh: safle lansio m