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  2. Podium - Wikipedia

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    A podium (pl.: podiums or podia) is a platform used to raise something to a short distance above its surroundings. In architecture a building can rest on a large podium. [ 1 ] Podiums can also be used to raise people, for instance the conductor of an orchestra stands on a podium as do many public speakers .

  3. Bema - Wikipedia

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    A bema is an elevated platform used as an orator's podium. The term can refer to the raised area in a sanctuary. In Jewish synagogues, where it is used for Torah reading during services, the term used is bima or bimah.

  4. Lectern - Wikipedia

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    The width of a lectern can range from a slender pole to as wide as the lectern's top section. Some modern lecterns feature motorised height adjustment, and sometimes come equipped with a small podium on which to stand. [1] In addition to their utilitarian reading use, lecterns are often designed with aesthetics in mind.

  5. Urdu Dictionary Board - Wikipedia

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    The Urdu Dictionary Board (Urdu: اردو لغت بورڈ, romanized: Urdu Lughat Board) is an academic and literary institution of Pakistan, administered by National History and Literary Heritage Division of the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting. Its objective is to edit and publish a comprehensive dictionary of the Urdu language.

  6. Rehal (book rest) - Wikipedia

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    A rehal [a] (Urdu: رحل, Hindi: रिहल, Bengali: রেহাল, Arabic: رَحْل) [1] or rahle Turkish: rahle) or tawla (Arabic: طاولة), is an X-shaped, foldable book rest or lectern used to hold religious scriptures for reverent display, as well as during reading or recitation. It is designed to collapse into a flat form for ...

  7. Feroz-ul-Lughat Urdu - Wikipedia

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    Feroz-ul-Lughat Urdu Jamia (Urdu: فیروز الغات اردو جامع) is an Urdu-to-Urdu dictionary published by Ferozsons (Private) Limited. It was originally compiled by Maulvi Ferozeuddin in 1897. The dictionary contains about 100,000 ancient and popular words, compounds, derivatives, idioms, proverbs, and modern scientific, literary ...

  8. Talk:Podium - Wikipedia

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    "Podium has also come to mean the object a speaker stands behind and sets papers or books upon, even when it is at floor level". No it hasn't, though a lectern is sometimes incorrectly referred to as a podium by some people they are two completely different things. No dictionary I've checked describes a podium as a lectern.

  9. Podium (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    A podium is a type of platform. Podium may also refer to: Podium, a 2004 film directed by Yann Moix; Podium (company), a US-based technology company; Podium, a genus of wasps in the family Sphecidae; The Podium, a shopping mall in Mandaluyong, Philippines; The Podium (Antarctica), a bluff in the Worcester Range