ELEVATOR

Elevator

The elevator is a type of vertical transport equipment that efficiently moves people or goods between floors of a building, vessel or other structure. Elevators are generally powered by electric motors that either drive traction cables or counterweight systems like a hoist, or pump hydraulic fluid to raise a cylindrical piston like a jack.

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elevator

Noun

  1. Permanent construction with a built-in platform that is lifted vertically.
  2. A silo used for storing wheat, corn or other grain (grain elevator)
  3. A control surface of an aircraft responsible for controling the pitching motion of the machine.
  4. Trademark for a type of shoe having an insert lift to make the wearer appear taller.
  5. A dental instrument used to pry up ("elevate") teeth in difficult extractions, or depressed portions of bone.
  6. Any muscle that serves to raise a part of the body, such as the leg or the eye.


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