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Escalator
An escalator is a type of vertical transportation in the form of a moving staircase which carries people between floors of a building. It consists of a motor-driven chain of individually linked steps on a track which cycle on a pair of tracks which keep them horizontal.
Escalators are used around the world in places where lifts would be impractical. Principal areas of usage include department stores, shopping malls, airports, transit systems (railway/railroad stations), convention centers, hotels, arenas, stadiums and public buildings.
Escalators have the capacity to move large numbers of people. They can be placed in the same physical space as a staircase. They have no waiting interval (except during very heavy traffic). They can be used to guide people toward main exits or special exhibits. They may be weatherproofed for outdoor use. A nonfunctional escalator can function as a normal staircase, whereas many other methods of transport become useless when they break down or lose power.
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Escalator (noun)
A motor-driven mechanical device consisting of a continuous loop of steps that automatically conveys people from one floor to another.
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Escalator (noun)
An upward or progressive course.
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Escalator (noun)
An escalator clause.
“They agreed to a cost-of-living escalator.”
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Lift (verb)
To raise or rise.
“The fog eventually lifted, leaving the streets clear.”
“You never lift a finger to help me!”
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Lift (verb)
To steal.
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Lift (verb)
To remove (a ban, restriction, etc.).
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Lift (verb)
To alleviate, to lighten (pressure, tension, stress, etc.)
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Lift (verb)
to cause to move upwards.
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Lift (verb)
To lift weights; to weight-lift.
“She lifts twice a week at the gym.”
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Lift (verb)
To try to raise something; to exert the strength for raising or bearing.
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Lift (verb)
To elevate or improve in rank, condition, etc.; often with up.
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Lift (verb)
To bear; to support.
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Lift (verb)
To collect, as moneys due; to raise.
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Lift (verb)
To transform (a function) into a corresponding function in a different context.
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Lift (verb)
To buy a security or other asset previously offered for sale.
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Lift (noun)
An act of lifting or raising.
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Lift (noun)
The act of transporting someone in a vehicle; a ride; a trip.
“He gave me a lift to the bus station.”
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Lift (noun)
Mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people between floors in a building; an elevator.
“Take the lift to the fourth floor.”
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Lift (noun)
An upward force, such as the force that keeps aircraft aloft.
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Lift (noun)
the difference in elevation between the upper pool and lower pool of a waterway, separated by lock.
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Lift (noun)
A thief.
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Lift (noun)
The lifting of a dance partner into the air.
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Lift (noun)
Permanent construction with a built-in platform that is lifted vertically.
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Lift (noun)
An improvement in mood.
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Lift (noun)
The space or distance through which anything is lifted.
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Lift (noun)
A rise; a degree of elevation.
“the lift of a lock in canals”
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Lift (noun)
A lift gate.
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Lift (noun)
A rope leading from the masthead to the extremity of a yard below, and used for raising or supporting the end of the yard.
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Lift (noun)
One of the steps of a cone pulley.
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Lift (noun)
(horology) That portion of the vibration of a balance during which the impulse is given.
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Lift (noun)
Air.
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Lift (noun)
The sky; the heavens; firmament; atmosphere.
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Escalator (noun)
a moving staircase consisting of an endlessly circulating belt of steps driven by a motor, which conveys people between the floors of a public building.