Definitions for Portal
ˈpɔr tl, ˈpoʊr-por·tal

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. portalnoun

   a grand and imposing entrance (often extended metaphorically)

   "the portals of the cathedral"; "the portals of heaven"; "the portals of success"

2. portal site, portalnoun

   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."

3. portal vein, hepatic portal vein, portal, vena portaenoun

   a short vein that carries blood into the liver

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. portalnoun

   A grandiose and often lavish entrance.

2. portalnoun

   An entrance, entry point, or means of entry.

   The local library, a portal of knowledge.

3. portalnoun

   A website that acts as an entrance to other websites on the Internet.

   The new medical portal has dozens of topical categories containing links to hundreds of sites.

4. portalnoun

   A short vein that carries blood into the liver.

5. Etymology: From portale, from porta

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Portalnoun

   A gate; the arch under which the gate opens.

   Etymology: portail, Fr. po tella, Italian.

   King Richard doth appear,
   As doth the blushing discontented sun,
   From out the fiery portal of the east. William Shakespeare, Rich. II.

   Though I should run
   To those disclosing portals of the sun;
   And walk his way, until his horses steep
   Their fiery locks in the Iberian deep. George Sandys.

   He through heav’n
   That open’d wide her blazing portals, led
   To God’s eternal house direct the way. John Milton.

   The sick for air before the portal gasp. Dryden.

   The portal consists of a composite order unknown to the ancients. Joseph Addison, Remarks on Italy.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Portalnoun

   a door or gate; hence, a way of entrance or exit, especially one that is grand and imposing

2. Portalnoun

   the lesser gate, where there are two of different dimensions

3. Portalnoun

   formerly, a small square corner in a room separated from the rest of the apartment by wainscoting, forming a short passage to another apartment

4. Portalnoun

   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

5. Portalnoun

   the space, at one end, between opposite trusses when these are terminated by inclined braces

6. Portalnoun

   a prayer book or breviary; a portass

7. Portaladjective

   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

8. Etymology: [OF. portal, F. portail, LL. portale, fr. L. porta a gate. See Port a gate.]

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1. Portal

   Portal is a 2007 first-person puzzle-platform video game developed by Valve Corporation. The game was released in a bundle package called The Orange Box for Microsoft Windows and Xbox 360 on October 9, 2007 and for the PlayStation 3 on December 11, 2007. The Windows version of the game is available for download separately through Valve's content delivery system Steam and was released as a standalone retail product on April 9, 2008. A standalone version called Portal: Still Alive was released on the Xbox Live Arcade service on October 22, 2008; this version includes an additional 14 puzzles. A Mac OS X version was released as part of the Mac-compatible Steam platform on May 12, 2010. The game primarily comprises a series of puzzles that must be solved by teleporting the player's character and simple objects using "the Aperture Science Handheld Portal Device", a device that can create inter-spatial portals between two flat planes. The player-character, Chell, is challenged by an artificial intelligence named GLaDOS to complete each puzzle in the Aperture Science Enrichment Center using the portal gun with the promise of receiving cake when all the puzzles are completed. The game's unique physics allows momentum to be retained through portals, requiring creative use of portals to maneuver through the test chambers. This gameplay element is based on a similar concept from the game Narbacular Drop; many of the team members from the DigiPen Institute of Technology who worked on Narbacular Drop were hired by Valve for the creation of Portal.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Portal

   pōrt′al, n. a small gate: any entrance: (archit.) the arch over a gate: the lesser of two gates.—Portal circulation, the capillary transmission of venous blood from one organ to another in its passage to the heart; Portal system, the portal vein with its tributaries, &c.; Portal vein, the vein which conveys to the liver the venous blood from intestines, spleen, and stomach. [O. Fr. (Fr. portail)—Low L. portale—L. porta, a gate.]

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. PORTAL

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Portal is ranked #23185 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Portal surname appeared 1,100 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Portal.
   
   75.8% or 834 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   23% or 253 total occurrences were White.
   0.6% or 7 total occurrences were Asian.

Matched Categories

1. • Entrance
   • Vein
   • Web Site

Anagrams for Portal »

1. patrol

2. tropal

How to pronounce Portal?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say Portal in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Portal in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Portal in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of Portal in a Sentence

1. George Hobica:

   Even if you see something in the store, sure, go try it on — but then go home and order it online [through the portal].

2. Jayne Dixon Weber:

   When the kids are young, Randi Hagerman’re kind of hypersensitive to what other people think, i ’m past that now, and I ’m thankful that I am. What’s up next ? Medications helpful in treating Fragile X syndrome are a portal to understanding and developing treatments for other intellectual disabilities as well, including autism, Randi Hagerman said. As for Ian, Jayne Dixon Weber said if he continues working at the food store and stays active within his community, he will continue to grow and learn. Despite his developmental delays, Ian’s energy and attitude work in his favor.

3. Benjamin Pohl:

   It's like a portal, a window into the past that you can touch, medieval charters are important not just because of the legal acts they contain, but also for what they can tell us about the society and political culture at the time.

4. Todd Berry:

   We want to maintain the ability to recruit high school players, if we don’t have any corrective legislation, people aren’t going to do that. We’re trying to maintain high school recruitment and make sure universities hard hit by losses to the transfer portal are O.K.

5. Olan Garrett:

   All students regardless of vaccination status are strongly encouraged to test in the 48 hours immediately prior to your return to campus to avoid the possibility of testing positive after arrival, at-home tests will be accepted by uploading a photo of your result to the Patient Health Portal. If you are unable to get tested prior to arrival, all residential students will be required to have a COVID-19 test within 24 hours after their arrival on campus.

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