Travelator vs. Escalator

Travelatornoun

(British) A moving walkway; a slow conveyor belt that transports people horizontally or on an incline in a similar manner to an escalator.

Travelatornoun

a moving walkway, typically at an airport.

Escalatornoun

A motor-driven mechanical device consisting of a continuous loop of steps that automatically conveys people from one floor to another.

Escalatornoun

An upward or progressive course.

Escalatornoun

An escalator clause.

Escalatornoun

A stairway or incline arranged like an endless belt so that the steps or treads ascend or descend continuously, and one stepping upon it is carried up or down; - originally a trade term, which has become the generic name for such devices. Such devices are in common use in large retail establishments such as department stores, and in public buildings having a heavy traffic of persons between adjacent floors.

Escalatornoun

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)

Escalatornoun

a stairway whose steps move continuously on a circulating belt

Escalatornoun

a moving staircase consisting of an endlessly circulating belt of steps driven by a motor, which conveys people between the floors of a public building.

Escalator

An escalator is a moving staircase which carries people between floors of a building or structure. It consists of a motor-driven chain of individually linked steps on a track which cycle on a pair of tracks which keep them horizontal.