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1. (n.) escalator
a continuously moving stairway on an endless loop for carrying passengers up or down.
2. escalator
a means of rising or descending or of increasing or decreasing, esp. by stages.
3. (adj.) escalator
of, pertaining to, or included in an escalator clause.
Etymology: (1895–1900, Amer.; formerly a trademark)
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1. (noun) escalator clause, escalator
a clause in a contract that provides for an increase or a decrease in wages or prices or benefits etc. depending on certain conditions (as a change in the cost of living index)
2. (noun) escalator, moving staircase, moving stairway
a stairway whose steps move continuously on a circulating belt
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1. (noun) escalator
a moving staircase
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Sense: a moving staircase in a shop, underground railway etc.
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 Afrikaans: roltrap |
 Arabic: سُلَّم كَهْرُبائي مُتَحَر |
 Bulgarian: ескалатор |
 Brazilian: escada rolante |
 Czech: eskalátor |
 German: die Rolltreppe |
 Danish: rulletrappe; eskalator |
 Greek: κυλιόμενη σκάλα |
 Spanish: escalera mecánica |
 Estonian: eskalaator |
 Farsi: پله برقی |
 Finnish: liukuportaat |
 French: escalier roulant |
 Hebrew: מַדרֵגוֹת נָעוֹת |
 Hindi: चलती सीढी़ |
 Croatian: pokretne stube |
 Hungarian: mozgólépcső |
 Indonesian: tangga berjalan |
 Icelandic: rennistigi, rúllustigi |
 Italian: scala mobile |
 Japanese: エスカレーター |
 Korean: 에스컬레이터 |
 Lithuanian: eskalatorius |
 Latvian: eskalators |
 Malay: eskalator |
 Dutch: roltrap |
 Norwegian: rulletrapp |
 Polish: ruchome schody |
 Persian: پله برقی |
 Pashto: برغى خوځېدونكى زينه |
 Portuguese: escada rolante |
 Romanian: scară rulantă |
 Russian: эскалатор |
 Slovak: eskalátor |
 Slovenian: pomične stopnice |
 Serbian: pokretne stepenice |
 Swedish: rulltrappa |
 Thai: บันไดเลื่อน |
 Turkish: yürüyen merdiven |
 Taiwanese: 自動手扶梯 |
 Ukrainian: ескалатор |
 Urdu: رواں زینہ |
 Vietnamese: thang cuốn |
 Chinese: 自动扶梯 |
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