to or from different floors or levels; called in England a lift; the cage or platform itself
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
Equipment used to discharge some bulk cargoes such as grain which is removed from the hold by a continuous line of buckets or by suction and carried on a conveyor belt to store
A movable plane or group of planes used to control the altitude or fore-and-aft poise or inclination of an airship or flying machine
Trademark for a type of shoe having an insert lift to make the wearer appear taller
This is another airplane term, but is easier than saying "cyclic forward / back " The elevator is what pitches the plane forward or back, to dive or climb, but does not really exist on a helicopter
A horizontal control surface located on the stab Controls climbing, and descending
A control surface at the rear (or sometimes at the front) of an aeroplane It either increases or decreases lift at one extremity of the aeroplane, and so causes the nose to come up or point down Originally called the "horizontal rudder" or "equilibriator" Press 'Back' to return
One who, or that which, raises or lifts up anything A mechanical contrivance, usually an endless belt or chain with a series of scoops or buckets, for transferring grain to an upper loft for storage