of or relating to or characteristic of Plato or his philosophy
<adj.pert> Platonic dialogues
free from physical desire
<adj.all> platonic love
Platonic \Pla*ton"ic\, n. A follower of Plato; a Platonist.
Platonic \Pla*ton"ic\, Platonical \Pla*ton"ic*al\, a. [L. Platonicus, Gr. ?: cf. F. platonique.] 1. Of or pertaining to Plato, or his philosophy, school, or opinions.
2. Pure, passionless; nonsexual; philosophical.
{Platonic bodies}, the five regular geometrical solids; namely, the tetrahedron, hexahedron or cube, octahedron, dodecahedron, and icosahedron.
{Platonic love}, a pure, spiritual affection, subsisting between persons of opposite sex, unmixed with carnal desires, and regarding the mind only and its excellences; -- a species of love for which Plato was a warm advocate.
{Platonic year} (Astron.), a period of time determined by the revolution of the equinoxes, or the space of time in which the stars and constellations return to their former places in respect to the equinoxes; -- called also {great year}. This revolution, which is caused by the precession of the equinoxes, is accomplished in about 26,000 years. --Barlow.
Back home he had had his youthful flings with women - see Werther - but this affair was strictly platonic, taking the form of incessant letter-writing though the two parties lived within walking-distance of each other.
By this point, Rungtranont's interest was no longer purely platonic. "I probably wouldn't have driven down to Detroit if I hadn't been getting interested," she said.