Elevator
Elevator noun - 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.
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Paternoster and elevator are semantically related. in lift topic. In some cases you can use "Paternoster" instead a noun "Elevator".
Paternoster
Paternoster noun - A type of lift having a chain of open compartments that move continually in an endless loop so that (agile) passengers can step on or off at each floor.
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Elevator and paternoster are semantically related. You can use "Elevator" instead a noun "Paternoster".
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Somewhat inverted with the dangerous but somehow nonfatal paternoster, or "cyclic elevator", an elevator invented in the late 1800s in England.
Source: No OSHA Compliance - The paternoster consists of a string of cars that are attached to a chain that circulates around two elevator shafts, one going up and the other going down◊The elevator cars do not flip over at the top or bottom - they instead stay upright and cycle over to the shaft going the other direction.
Source: No OSHA Compliance - Yet despite its frightening setup, the paternoster elevator has killed just five people from 1970 to the present day.
Source: No OSHA Compliance
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