Elevator
Definition of Elevator
El´e`va`tor | n. | 1. | One who, or that which, raises or lifts up anything. | | 2. | 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. | | 3. | A cage or platform (called an elevator car) 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. | | 4. | A building for elevating, storing, and discharging, grain. | | 5. | (Anat.) A muscle which serves to raise a part of the body, as the leg or the eye. | | 6. | (Surg.) An instrument for raising a depressed portion of a bone. | | 7. | (Aëronautics) A movable plane or group of planes used to control the altitude or fore-and-aft poise or inclination of an airship or flying machine. |
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aerofoil, airfoil, control surface, horizontal tail, surface
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