horizontal lift
1Lift (soaring) — Lift, or more precisely static lift , is rising air used by soaring birds and by humans in gliding, hang gliding and paragliding to make extended soaring flights. There are four principal types of lift:cite book | last = Welch | first = John |… …
2Lift Upgrading Programme — (LUP) (Chinese: 电梯翻新) is a Singapore Housing and Development Board (HDB) project which upgrades and improves the facilities of the lifts at HDB flats which became an issue in the 2006 general election. This project is for housing blocks built… …
3lift-slab — /lift slab /, adj. noting or pertaining to a technique of constructing multistory buildings in which all horizontal slabs are cast at ground level and, when ready, are raised into position by hydraulic jacks. [1950 55] * * * …
4Lift hill — Goliath (2002), in Walibi Holland of the Netherlands, has a 150 foot (45.7 meter) lift hill. A lift hill, or chain hill, is often the initial upward sloping section of track on a typical roller coaster that initially transports the… …
5Lift (force) — For other uses, see Lift. Boeing 747 8F landing A fluid flowing past the surface of a body exerts a surface force on it. Lift is the component of this force that is perpendicular to the …
6lift — liftable, adj. lifter, n. /lift/, v.t. 1. to move or bring (something) upward from the ground or other support to a higher position; hoist. 2. to raise or direct upward: He lifted his arm in a gesture of farewell; to lift one s head. 3. to remove …
7lift-slab — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ adjective : of, relating to, or being a method of concrete building construction in which floor and horizontal roof slabs are cast one on top of the other usually at ground level and then lifted to their proper heights after the… …
8lift bridge — noun a bridge that can be raised to block passage or to allow boats or ships to pass beneath it • Syn: ↑drawbridge • Hypernyms: ↑bridge, ↑span * * * noun : a drawbridge whose movable parts are lifted vertically or by rotating about a horizontal… …
9Powered lift — A powered lift (also written powered lift) is a type of aircraft that can take off and land vertically but functions differently than a helicopter in horizontal flight.DefinitionIn the United States, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has… …
10translational lift — The additional lift (or rotor thrust) obtained through air speed because of the increased efficiency of the rotor system, whether it is when transitioning from a hover into forward flight or when hovering in a wind. During a hover, the rotors are …
