0 a device like a box that moves up and down, carrying people or goods from one floor of a building to another or taking people up and down underground in a mine --
1 a piece of equipment, usually in the form of a small room, that carries people or goods straight up and down in tall buildings --
2 a small room in a tall building which carries people or goods up and down to different levels of the building: --
3 a moving strip which can be used for taking goods off a ship, putting bags onto an aircraft, etc.: --
They place the bales onto an elevator that transports them to a shredding mill.
Railroads could purchase up to 1/3 of the stock of grain elevators that the railroad serviced.
Examples of this would include vacation, executive, relocate, concertise, elevator and medication.
The optical change is equivalent to that produced by an imaginary elevator that rises at a constant rate along the tilted line.
A neurologist discussed motion sickness in elevators, emphasizing the need for height limitations.
The 1888, 1889, and 1897 investigations covered a variety of industries, including sugar, oil, rubber, grain elevators, and transportation of dairy products.
The installation of elevators in the early 1900s no doubt helped with handling the blood.
But one always knows when an old, poorly maintained elevator is on the move - not because it's accelerating, but because the acceleration is changing rapidly.
The elevators were frequently not working, increasing the sense of isolation, especially for the elderly.