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el⋅e⋅va⋅tor
[el-uh-vey-ter] 
əˌveɪ
–noun
| 1. | a person or thing that elevates or raises. |
| 2. | a moving platform or cage for carrying passengers or freight from one level to another, as in a building. |
| 3. | any of various mechanical devices for raising objects or materials. |
| 4. | a building in which grain is stored and handled by means of mechanical elevator and conveyor devices. |
| 5. | Aeronautics. a hinged horizontal surface on an airplane or the like, used to control the longitudinal inclination and usually placed at the tail end of the fuselage. |
| 6. | elevator shoe. |
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Elevator
El"e*va`tor\, n. [L., one who raises up, a deliverer: cf. F. ['e]l['e]vateur.] One who, or that which, raises or lifts up anything; as: (a) 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. (b) A cage or platform 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. (c) A building for elevating, storing, and discharging, grain. (d) (Anat.) A muscle which serves to raise a part of the body, as the leg or the eye. (e) (Surg.) An instrument for raising a depressed portion of a bone. Elevator head, leg, & boot, the boxes in which the upper pulley, belt, and lower pulley, respectively, run in a grain elevator.Elevator
El"e*va`tor\, n. (A["e]ronautics) 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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Language Translation for : elevator
Spanish:
ascensor, elevador, montacargas,
German:
der Fahrstuhl,
Japanese:
エレベーター
Main Entry: el·e·va·tor
Pronunciation: 'el-&-"vAt-&r
Function: noun
1 : a dental instrument that is used for removingteeth or the roots of teeth which cannot be gripped with a forceps
2 : a surgical instrument for raising a depressed part (as a bone) or for separating contiguous parts
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elevator el·e·va·tor (ěl'ə-vā'tər)
n.
- A surgical instrument used to elevate tissues or to raise a sunken part, such as a depressed fragment of bone.
- A dental instrument used to remove teeth or parts of teeth that cannot be gripped with a forceps or to loosen teeth and roots before using forceps.
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