elevator
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8.1
- noun
- /ˈɛlɪˌveɪtər/
- Specialized
:
timón de profundidad
- Many tall buildings partition elevators in banks that go to proper subsets of available floors.
- elevator and rudder
- elevator operator
So to the the rudder and to the ailerons and the elevator at the back.
- So to the the rudder and to the ailerons and the elevator at the back.
Examples
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Two additional servos in the tail control the rudder and elevator.
Academic text (2005) -
Our investigators have concluded that the jackscrew snapped and the elevator was frozen in a fixed position, locking the elevator in a down position, which forced the plane into a dive.
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Instead, Jack took an elevator to the fourth floor.
Fiction book (1999) -
- What was your child doing in the elevator shaft?
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My Code Red space elevator will be used to transport cargo, and people, to space.
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So I took the elevator to the hospital roof... and flew.
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In addition, multiple elevators can work together to provide strong access.
Academic text (1994) -
To move what he calls the elevators in the tail.
Fiction book (1999) -
Self-help is an important feature of the control surfaces—rudders and elevators—on many airplanes.
Academic text (2009) -
The pilot adjusted the elevator to make the aircraft climb smoothly.
Idioms
- NSFW
An embarrassing moment when someone passes gas in a small space with other people
Compounds
- Specialized
18
3.5
A tall narrow space in a building where an elevator moves up and down between floors
- Specialized
11
3.4
An elevator that staff use to move things like large boxes between floors
3
3.9
A person who stands in an elevator and moves it for people in a large building
- US
1
2.7
An enclosed space inside an elevator that carries people or goods between floors
- Archaic
1
6.9
A young woman who operates an elevator in a department store or office building
How Stabilizing
- Specialized
1
5.9
- Specialized
1
6.7
- Specialized
15
6.2
- Specialized
13
8.1
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Elevator for an airplane takes its name from the same root elevare ('to raise') and the word elevate, because this small surface helps make the nose of the plane go up or down, controlling its up-and-down movement.