Escalator

Definitions

1. Anything that escalates.
2. A motor-driven mechanical device consisting of a continuous loop of steps that automatically conveys people from one floor to another.
3. An upward or progressive course.
4. An escalator clause.

Equivalents

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العربيةالمصعددَرَج مُتَحَرِّكسُلَّم دَوَّارسُلَّم مُتَحَرِّك+ 1 more

Azərbaycan dilieskalator

Българскиескалатор

བོད་སྐད།གློག་འགུལ་སྐས་འཛེག

Bosanskieskalatorескалатор

Češtinaeskalátor

Cymraegesgaladur

Ελληνικάσκάλα

Esperantoeskalatororulŝtuparo

Suomiliukuportaatliukuportaikkorullaportaatrullaportaikko+ 1 more

Gaeilgestaighre beo

עבריתדרגנוע

हिन्दीएस्केलेटर

Hrvatskieskalatorескалатор

Magyarmozgólépcső

Հայերենշարժասանդուղք

Bahasa Indonesiaeskalatortangga berjalan

Íslenskarúllustigi

Italianoscala mobile

日本語エスカレーター

ქართულიესკალატორი

ភាសាខ្មែរជណ្ដើរយោង

한국어계단승강기에스컬레이터자동계단

ລາວຂັ້ນໃດເລື່ອນຂັ້ນໄດໄຟຟ້າ

Македонскиескалатор

မြန်မာစက်လှေကား

Nederlandsroltrap

Polskieskalatorschody ruchome

Portuguêsescada rolante

Românăscară rulantă

Русскийэскалатор

Slovenčinaeskalátor

Slovenščinatekoče stopnice

Српскиeskalatorескалатор

Svenskarulltrappa

Тоҷикӣэскалатор

ไทยบันไดเลื่อน

Tagalogsigdan

Türkçeyürüyen merdiven

Tiếng Việtthang cuốn

Examples

“Fourth, communication researchers study⟳ the role of stress⟳ and negative attitudes as key contributors to conflict, anger as an escalator of conflict, and emotional residues as barriers to reconciliation.”

“There is a plastic molly-guard covering the escalator's shutdown button to prevent⟳ little kids from pushing it and stopping the escalator.”

“It was the Earls Court installation on the Piccadilly tube, opened on October 4, 1911, which really began the successful career of the escalator in this country. At first the public mistrusted it, and a wooden-legged man called "Bumper" Harris was engaged to travel⟳ up and down all day to give⟳ passengers confidence. Today there are 181 escalators at 57 London Transport⟳ stations.”

“I found the Tube trains morbidly fascinating, I had a simpler enthusiasm for the escalators. Everyone likes going on escalators as far as I know⟳. It feels like⟳ a free ride⟳, and the longer they are, the better. The only escalator in York was at Marks & Spencer's, and people would hesitate for ages before getting on, apparently waiting for the right stair to come⟳ rolling along, whereas Londoners would step on while reading a newspaper.”

“Episode Guide⟳: [...] Episode 1 (July 13): Exploration of both ends of the abandoned branch between Holborn and Aldwych, including an interview with the driver of the last⟳ train⟳. And a trip⟳ to Holloway Road to find⟳ out about the Tube's only spiral escalator. [This escalator never entered service]”

“Lots of people fell for the pitch that real estate was an up-only escalator into the American Dream⟳”

“They agreed to a cost-of-living escalator.”

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