- moving sidewalk
-
a moving surface, similar to a conveyor belt, for carrying pedestrians.[1905-10]
* * *
Universalium. 2010.
moving sidewalk
Look at other dictionaries:
moving sidewalk — noun : a sidewalk constructed on the principle of an endless belt or a series of such belts side by side and moving at different gradated speeds so that a person stepping on it will be carried along … Useful english dictionary
Moving walkway — Moving sidewalk at Detroit s DTW airport, United States … Wikipedia
moving platform — or moving sidewalk, a platform or sidewalk constructed on the principle of an endless belt and moving at a regular speed, for carrying along objects or persons … Useful english dictionary
Sidewalk (disambiguation) — A sidewalk is a paved pedestrian way found chiefly in cities, while a moving sidewalk is a slow conveyor belt that transports people horizontally or on an incline in a similar manner to an escalator.In other contexts it may refer to any of the… … Wikipedia
moving walkway — noun A slow conveyor belt that transports people horizontally or on an incline in a similar manner to an escalator. Syn: travelator, moving sidewalk See Also: escalator … Wiktionary
Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival — The Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival is an annual film festival scheduled over one weekend in late September in Birmingham, Alabama. Since its debut in 1999, filmmakers from across the country and around the world have come to Birmingham to… … Wikipedia
Sidewalk magazine — Infobox Magazine title = Sidewalk image caption = image size = company = Factory Media paid circulation = unpaid circulation = total circulation = circulation year = language = English category = Skateboarding frequency = Monthly editor = Ben… … Wikipedia
movingsidewalk — moving sidewalk n. A conveyor for transporting pedestrians along a level passageway. * * * … Universalium
El Cortez Apartment Hotel — Infobox nrhp2 | name =El Cortez Apartment Hotel nrhp type = caption = El Cortez, May 2008 location= San Diego, California lat degrees = 32 lat minutes = 43 lat seconds = 14 lat direction = N long degrees = 117 long minutes = 9 long seconds = 25… … Wikipedia
List of transport topics — This is a list of transport related topics.For more topics there is a collection of transportation related lists and a . General topics Design * Civil engineering * Engineering * Highway engineering * Transport engineering * Transport traffic… … Wikipedia
