See escalator on Wiktionary
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"etymology_text": "From the former trademark Escalator, created by American inventor Charles Seeberger in 1900, from Latin e (“from, out of”) + scala (“ladder”) + -tor, which forms nouns of agency. See the appendix. Broader usage may be influenced by escalate, and is equivalent to escalate + -or. For an alternative etymology, see the Online Etymology Dictionary.",
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"ref": "2006, Dudley D. Cahn, Ruth Anna Abigail, Managing Conflict Through Communication, page xiv:",
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"text": "There is a plastic molly-guard covering the escalator's shutdown button to prevent little kids from pushing it and stopping the escalator."
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"ref": "2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page xiv-xv, Preface:",
"text": "I found the Tube trains morbidly fascinating, I had a simpler enthusiasm for the escalators. Everyone likes going on escalators as far as I know. It feels like a free ride, and the longer they are, the better. The only escalator in York was at Marks & Spencer's, and people would hesitate for ages before getting on, apparently waiting for the right stair to come rolling along, whereas Londoners would step on while reading a newspaper.",
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"ref": "2021 June 30, Tim Dunn, “How we made... Secrets of the London Underground”, in RAIL, number 934, page 51:",
"text": "Episode Guide: [...] Episode 1 (July 13): Exploration of both ends of the abandoned branch between Holborn and Aldwych, including an interview with the driver of the last train. And a trip to Holloway Road to find out about the Tube's only spiral escalator. [This escalator never entered service]",
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"masculine"
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"word": "एस्केलेटर"
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"roman": "calsopān",
"sense": "mechanical device",
"word": "चलसोपान"
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{
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"code": "hi",
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"roman": "caltī sīṛhī",
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"word": "चलती सीढ़ी"
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"word": "mozgólépcső"
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"code": "io",
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"sense": "mechanical device",
"word": "eskalatoro"
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{
"_dis1": "0 100 0 0",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "mechanical device",
"word": "tangga berjalan"
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{
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"sense": "mechanical device",
"word": "eskalator"
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"word": "scala mobile"
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"word": "エスカレーター"
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"word": "ជណ្ដើរយោង"
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"_dis1": "0 100 0 0",
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"word": "tangga elektrik"
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"sense": "mechanical device",
"word": "ēkareta"
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"sense": "mechanical device",
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"sense": "mechanical device",
"word": "پِلَّهبَرْقِی"
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{
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"_dis1": "0 100 0 0",
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"word": "escada rolante"
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"tags": [
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"word": "эскала́тор"
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"sense": "mechanical device",
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"tags": [
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"plural"
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{
"_dis1": "0 100 0 0",
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"sense": "mechanical device",
"tags": [
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"sense": "mechanical device",
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