Look up: escalator

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   Escalator
   An escalator is a moving stairway used to transport passengers between two different levels, such as floors of a building or the street and the platforms of an underground station. The first escalator was designed and patented by Seeburger and subsequently developed by the Otis Elevator Company in the USA and by Waygood-Otis Ltd in Britain. The escalator was first demonstrated to the public at the Paris Exhibition in 1900.
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   escalator
   [n] - a stairway whose steps move continuously on a circulating belt
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   escalator
   a set of stairs arranged like an endless belt and power driven so that the steps or treads may be made to ascend or descend continuously Category: Transport
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   Escalator
   Es'ca·la`tor noun [ New Latin Confer Escalade .] A stairway or incline arranged like an endless belt so that the steps or treads ascend or descend continuously, and one stepping upon it is carried up or down; -- a trade term.
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   escalator
   moving staircase noun a stairway whose steps move continuously on a circulating belt
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   Escalator
   An `escalator` is a conveyor transport device for transporting people, consisting of individual, linked steps that move up or down on tracks, which keep the treads horizontal. As a power-driven, continuous moving stairway designed to transport passengers up and down short vertical distances, escalators are used around the world to move pedestrian traffic in places where elevators would be impractical. Principal areas of usage include department ...
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   Escalator
   • (n.) A stairway or incline arranged like an endless belt so that the steps or treads ascend or descend continuously, and one stepping upon it is carried up or down; -- a trade term.
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   escalator
   moving staircase used as transportation between floors or levels in subways, buildings, and other mass pedestrian areas.[3 related articles]
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   escalator
   escalator, escalators 1. A moving staircase; a device consisting of revolving stairs that conveys people non-vertically to a higher or lower level. 2. A set of moving steps attached to a continuously circulating belt, that carries people up or down between levels in a building. 3. A stipulation in a contract that relates an increase or decrease in something to a chang...
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