Noun

(en noun)

(US) Permanent construction with a built-in platform that is lifted vertically.

A silo used for storing wheat, corn or other grain (grain elevator )

(aeronautics) A control surface of an aircraft responsible for controling the pitching motion of the machine.

Trademark for a type of shoe having an insert lift to make the wearer appear taller.

A dental instrument used to pry up ("elevate") teeth in difficult extractions, or depressed portions of bone.

(anatomy) Any muscle that serves to raise a part of the body, such as the leg or the eye.

Noun

(en noun)

An elevator that ascends an incline rather than in a vertical shaft.

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, year=1939 , author=Los Angeles Board of mechecanicalengineers , title=Elevator Code Providing for the Construction, Inspection, Maintenance and Operation of Elevators: Ordinance, Issue 81; Issue 827 , section=54.233 INCLINATOR — CONTROLLER , page=107 , pageurl=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ITFIAAAAIAAJ&q=%22inclinator%22&dq=%22inclinator%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Gx-FUbjSIcXB0gW8h4DQDA&redir_esc=y , passage=The push button or other car switch control for operating the inclinator in both directions oftravelshall be magnetically controlled and shall be properly fused being provided with a device for protecting the motor from overload. }}

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, year=2007 , author=Candy Harrington , title=101 Accessible Vacations: Travel Ideas for Wheelers and Slow Walkers , chapter=Escape to the Springs , isbn=9781935281870 citation , passage=The Valley Station features accessible parking near the entrance and access to the station via a funicular-like lift device called an inclinator . }}

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, year=2008 , author=Zachary M. Schrag , title=The Great Society Subway: A History of the Washington Metro , chapter=The Builders, 1972-1976 , isbn=9780801889066 , publisher=JHU Press , page=168 , pageurl=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=vDQI-02wki0C&pg=PA168&dq=%22inclinator%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=WiCFUda4M6Oa0AXD-IEo&redir_esc=y

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, passage=Unlike an elevator, which would require its own vertical shaft, an inclinator could share an inclined shaft with the standard escalators, thus simplifying construction and keeping down expense. }}

A stairlift

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, year=1955 , author=Prentice-Hall, Incorporated , title=Federal Tax Service , Volume=4 , page=411 , pageurl=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=SNBDAQAAIAAJ&q=%22inclinator%22&dq=%22inclinator%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=ayKFUY-QFeXz0gXHrIHoDw&redir_esc=y , passage=The problem in this tax case is whether under the particular facts the cost of an inclinator should be considered a medical expense within Section 23(x) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1939. }}

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, year=1980 , author=Lois Lowry , title=Autumn Street , chapter= , isbn=9780547345604 , page=97 , pageurl=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=JbZEQ7S7wWQC&pg=PA97&dq=%22inclinator%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=NCCFUdGuO4iO0AXD1IDYCw&redir_esc=y

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, passage=I could hear the soft whir of the inclinator and, along with it, my great-aunts' delighted soft laughter. }}

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, year=2011 , author=Norbert M. Lechner , title=Plumbing, Electricity, Acoustics: Sustainable Design Methods for Architecture , chapter= , isbn=9781118131107 citation , passage=Since residential elevators are both very expensive and require extra space, the chairlift or inclinator was invented. }}