elevator
nouns
lifting device consisting of a platform or cage that is raised and lowered mechanically in a vertical shaft in order to move people from one floor to another in a building
is derived from
the airfoil on the tailplane of an aircraft that makes it ascend or descend
is a part of
the horizontal stabilizer and elevator in the tail assembly of an aircraft
is a type of (narrower)
a device that provides reactive force when in motion relative to the surrounding air; can lift or control a plane in flight
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