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Definition: Moving Stairway |
Moving StairwayNoun1. 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 StairwaySynonyms: escalator (n), moving staircase (n). (additional references) |
| Language | Translations for "moving stairway"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | rullende trappe (electric stairway, escalator, moving staircase). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | roltrap (escalator). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | liukuporras (electric stairway, escalator, moving staircase). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | escalier roulant (moving staircase), escalier mobile (moving staircase), escalier mécanique (moving staircase), escalator (moving staircase). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Rolltreppe (escalator, moving staircase, stairmoving), Fahrtreppe (electric stairway, escalator, moving staircase). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κυλιόμενη σκάλα (electric stairway, escalator, moving staircase). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | mozgólépcső (escalator, moving staircase). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | scala mobile (escalator, sliding scale, threshold agreement). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ovingmay airwaystay escada rolante (moving staircase). (various references) escalera mecánica (escalator), escalera móvil (escalator, moving staircase). (various references) rulltrappa (escalator). (various references) yürüyen merdiven (escalator, moving staircase). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-g-i-i-m-n-o-r-s-t-v-w-y" | |
-4 letters: amortising, migrations, navigators, variations. | |
-5 letters: animators, animosity, anisogamy, atomising, aviations, avigators, gravitons, gyrations, imaginary, martagons, migration, misrating, mortising, navigator, rigatonis, sanitoria, signatory, trainways, variating, variation, visionary. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4D 6F 76 69 6E 67      53 74 61 69 72 77 61 79 |
| 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 01110111 01100001 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)M o v i n g   S t a i r w a y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004D 006F 0076 0069 006E 0067      0053 0074 0061 0069 0072 0077 0061 0079 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)47818875807325386677584896791 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Translations: Modern 4. Anagrams | 5. Orthography 6. Bibliography |
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