Term: springboard: a beginning from which an enterprise is launched
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: nucleus: (astronomy) the center of the head of a comet; consists of small solid particles of ice and frozen gas that vaporizes on approaching the sun to form the coma and tail
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: peristalsis: the process of wavelike muscle contractions of the alimentary tract that moves food along
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: combining: an occurrence that results in things being united
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: radiometer: meter to detect and measure radiant energy (electromagnetic or acoustic)
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: declination: (astronomy) the angular distance of a celestial body north or to the south of the celestial equator; expressed in degrees; used with right ascension to specify positions on the celestial sphere
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: shrimp: small slender-bodied chiefly marine decapod crustaceans with a long tail and single pair of pincers; many species are edible
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: triangle: a three-sided polygon
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: tip: the extreme end of something; especially something pointed
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: necessitarian: someone who does not believe the doctrine of free will
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: sister: (Roman Catholic Church) a title given to a nun (and used as a form of address)