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x-plat

x-plat is the abbreviation of cross-platform.

Meaning of cross-platform

Adjective

cross-platform (not comparable)

  1. Across platforms.
    • In person, Huff looks exactly as she does on her massively popular Instagram account, her sheer foundation and subtle bronze eyeshadow catching the spotlight just like they do the ring light. She has the cross-platform ease of someone who’s been famous forever because she basically has been.2022 November 8, Allison Theresa, “Sadie Robertson Huff Preaches Submissive Womanhood. Her Message Is Uncomfortably Compelling.”, in Cosmopolitan
  2. Of software, etc., designed to work on various operating systems.
    Synonyms:
    multi-platform
  3. That takes place between two trains in different platforms, usually across an island platform.
    • At Euston the cross-platform interchange between the Victoria Line and the Northern Line (City branch) will be unusual in that passengers will board trains travelling in the opposite direction to continue their journey. Normally, of course, in cross-platform interchange, trains depart in the same...1962 October, “London gets its Victoria tube”, in Modern Railways, page 256

Origin of x-plat

From x- (“cross-”) + plat (“platform”).

Questions about x-plat

What is x-plat the abbreviation of?
X-plat is the abbreviation of cross-platform.

Words near x-plat in the dictionary

  1. x-phi
  2. X-Phile
  3. X-Philes
  4. X-plane
  5. X-planes
  6. x-plat
  7. x-post
  8. x-posted
  9. x-posting
  10. x-posts
  11. x-radiate

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Adapted from Wiktionary: x-plat (page history and authors); cross-platform (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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