Dictionary Definition
portal
Noun
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]
User Contributed Dictionary
see Portal
English
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ɔː(r)təl
Noun
Translations
grandiose entrance
- French: portique
entry point
vein
Etymology
From Portal.Noun
hr-noun mRomanian
Etymology
From Portal.Pronunciation
Declension
Related terms
Spanish
Noun
Extensive Definition
Portal primarily refers to:
- Portal (architecture), a gate or door
- Portal (fiction), a magical or technological doorway that connects two distant locations
Portal may also refer to:
Computing
- Enterprise portal, a framework to provide a single point of access to a variety of information and tools
- Portal rendering, an optimization technique in 3D computer graphics
- Portal Software, a company based in Cupertino, California
- Web portal, a site that functions as a point of access to information on the Internet
Entertainment
- Portal (interactive novel), an early interactive novel for personal computers
- Portal (TV series), a series about MMORPGs
- Portal (video game), a 2007 first-person puzzle game produced by Valve Corporation
Music
- Portal (UK band), an ambient/dreampop band from the UK
People
- Antoine Portal, French anatomist, doctor and medical historian
- Charles Portal, 1st Viscount Portal of Hungerford, British Marshal of the RAF and Chief of the Air Staff in World War II
- Michel Portal, French composer, saxophonist, and clarinetist
- Nicolas Portal, French professional road bicycle racer
Biology
- Hepatic portal vein, a vein that drains blood from the digestive system
- Portal venous system, an occurrence where one capillary bed drains into another through veins
Other
- Portal (comics), a Marvel comic character
- Portal (Magic: The Gathering), a set in the Magic: The Gathering card game
- Portal frame, a construction method
- Portal stones, a type of stone monument
portal in Czech: Portál
portal in Danish: Portal (flertydig)
portal in German: Portal
portal in Spanish: Portal
portal in Esperanto: Portalo
portal in Persian: سردر
portal in French: Portal
portal in Interlingua (International Auxiliary
Language Association): Portal
portal in Italian: Portale
portal in Dutch: Portal
portal in Japanese: ポータル
portal in Korean: 포털
portal in Polish: Portal
(ujednoznacznienie)
portal in Portuguese: Portal
portal in Russian: Портал
portal in Albanian: Portali
portal in Slovak: Portál
portal in Finnish: Portaali
portal in Swedish: Portal
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
French door, archway, back door, barway, bulkhead, carriage entrance,
cellar door, cellarway, door, doorjamb, doorpost, doorway, entrance, entrance hall,
entranceway,
entry, entryway, foyer, 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