elevator Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun lifting device consisting of a platform or cage that is raised and lowered mechanically in a vertical shaft in order to move people from one floor to another in a building
lift.
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noun the airfoil on the tailplane of an aircraft that makes it ascend or descend
WordNet
El"e*va`tor noun
Etymology
L., one who raises up, a deliverer: cf. F.Definitions
One who, or that which, raises or lifts up anything ; as:(a) A mechanical contrivance, usually an endless belt or chain with a series of scoops or buckets, for transferring grain to an upper loft for storage .(b) A cage or platform and the hoisting machinery in a hotel, warehouse, mine, etc., for conveying persons, goods, etc., to or from different floors or levels; -- called in England a lift; the cage or platform itself .(c) A building for elevating, storing, and discharging, grain .(d) (Anat.) A muscle which serves to raise a part of the body, as the leg or the eye .(e) (Surg.) An instrument for raising a depressed portion of a bone.
