The paleontologist said, "With a steady platform for the shot, you could zap the building to kingdom come.

His practice and experience made for a steady platform, so all the boomer had to do was extend the nozzle a few feet.

As for having a steady platform, this ship weighs a quarter of a million tons and is held by gyroscopes.

Each is nonetheless still solid enough to be a good, steady platform for the next step in software.

They could be mounted on the deck railings of a ship, which provided the gunner with a reasonably steady platform from which to fire.

The slack water in the lee of the ice islands would give him a steady platform for precise firing.

Stabilizing legs had to be extended to give them a steady platform for firing the weapon.

From a steady platform, an unmoving ship, a crew far less skilled than the Ariels could scarcely miss.

In the tenth century, these boats would sometimes be tied together in battle to form a steady platform for infantry warfare.

"Makes her a steadier platform for the gunners."