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escalatorMoving staircase used as transportation between floors or levels in stores, airports, subways, and other mass pedestrian areas. The name was first applied to a moving stairway shown at the Paris Exposition of 1900. Modern escalators are electrically powered, driven by chain and sprocket, and held in place by two tracks. As the treads approach a landing, they pass through a comb device; a switch cuts off power if an object becomes jammed between comb and treads. escalator a moving staircase consisting of stair treads fixed to a conveyor belt, for transporting passengers between levels, esp between the floors of a building escalator [′es·kə‚lād·ər] (mechanical engineering) A continuously moving stairway and handrail. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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25 percent raises each year for five years, and an escalator clause to account for inflation. AFBF convention delegates voted that future farm supports should contain "an energy escalator clause because of the high prices of fuel and fertilizer. Both sides seemed to agree that the Eighth Amendment was written with what Yale Law Professor Akhil Reed Amar calls a built-in escalator clause. |
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