zipway

Definitions

A high-speed elevator, corridor, or similar transit route.

Examples

“One brilliant thing about Wreckers is that you don't spend⟳ most of your time trudging around corridors. The Beacon's equipped with vertical and horizontal zipways, which are like⟳ elevators only a bit quicker and speed⟳ you between locations in a 'zip!'”

“I never cared for zipways as a way to get⟳ around megastructures like⟳ this. I always thought that there was a reason⟳ God invented taxis.”

“He could only stay⟳ there, suspended halfway between the top of the wall and the zipway, and wish⟳ would all come⟳ out all right. He'd taken a gamble, and sometimes you lost gambles. He felt more than saw⟳ the flyers stop⟳, and he dropped down the remaining meter and a half to the surface of the zipway.”

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