Found 3 items, similar to portal.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: portal gapura, pintu gerbang
English → English (WordNet) Definition: portal portal n 1: a grand and imposing entrance (often extended metaphorically); “the portals of the cathedral”; “the portals of heaven”; “the portals of success” 2: 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 ] 3: a short vein that carries blood into the liver [syn: portal vein , hepatic portal vein, vena portae]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Portal 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] 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]