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Definition: Moving Staircase |
Moving StaircaseNoun1. A stairway whose steps move continuously on a circulating belt. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Transportation | A set of stairs arranged like an endless belt and power driven so that the steps or treads may be made to ascend or descend continuously. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: Moving StaircaseSynonyms: escalator (n), moving stairway (n). (additional references) |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
moving staircase | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "moving staircase"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | eskalator. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | ескалатор (escalator). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | rullende trappe (electric stairway, escalator, moving stairway). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | roltrap (escalator). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | liukuporras (electric stairway, escalator, moving stairway). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | escalier roulant (moving stairway). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Rolltreppe (escalator, stairmoving). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κυλιόμενη σκάλα (electric stairway, escalator, moving stairway). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | "ר' וע (escalator). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | mozgólépcső (escalator, moving stairway). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | scala mobile (escalator, sliding scale, threshold agreement). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ovingmay aircasestay escada rolante (electric stairway, escalator, moving stairway). (various references) scarã rulantã (escalator), escalator (escalator). (various references) эскалатор (escalator). (various references) pokretne stepenice (escalator). (various references) escalera móvil (escalator). (various references) rulltrappa (escalator). (various references) yürüyen merdiven (escalator, moving stairway). (various references) cầu thang tự động. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-e-g-i-i-m-n-o-r-s-s-t-v" | |
-3 letters: avitaminoses, carminatives, conservatism, creationisms, gastrocnemii, magistracies, miscreations, overcastings, romanticises, sectarianism, variegations. | |
-4 letters: agnosticism, anisogamies, antiracisms, associating, associative, carminative, creationism, emaciations, emigrations, invigorates, macerations, miscreating, miscreation, nasogastric, negativisms, organicisms, organicists, ostracising, overcasting, romanticise, signatories, vacationers, variegation. | |
-5 letters: acierating, acrimonies, agrimonies, amortising, anatomises, anticaries, antiracism, aragonites, aragonitic, armistices, artemisias, ascertains, aviatrices, caseations, centigrams, comanagers, costmaries. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4D 6F 76 69 6E 67 53 74 61 69 72 63 61 73 65 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001101 01101111 01110110 01101001 01101110 01100111 00100000 01010011 01110100 01100001 01101001 01110010 01100011 01100001 01110011 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)M o v i n g   S t a i r c a s e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004D 006F 0076 0069 006E 0067 0053 0074 0061 0069 0072 0063 0061 0073 0065 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4781887580732538667758469678571 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Expressions: Internet 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Anagrams 6. Orthography 7. Bibliography |
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