Aileron vs. Elevator

Aileronnoun

The hinged part on the trailing edge of an airplane wing, used to control longitudinal turns.

Elevatornoun

(US) A permanent construction with a built-in platform that is lifted vertically, used to transport people and goods.

Aileronnoun

A half gable, as at the end of a penthouse or of the aisle of a church.

Elevatornoun

A silo used for storing wheat, corn or other grain (grain elevator)

Aileronnoun

A half gable, as at the end of a penthouse or of the aisle of a church.

Elevatornoun

(aeronautics) A control surface of an aircraft responsible for controling the pitching motion of the machine.

Aileronnoun

A small plane or surface capable of being manipulated by the pilot of a flying machine to control lateral balance; a hinged wing tip; a lateral stabilizing or balancing plane.

Elevatornoun

A dental instrument used to pry up ("elevate") teeth in difficult extractions, or depressed portions of bone.

Aileronnoun

an airfoil that controls lateral motion

Elevatornoun

(anatomy) Any muscle that serves to raise a part of the body, such as the leg or the eye.

Aileron

An aileron (French for or ) is a hinged flight control surface usually forming part of the trailing edge of each wing of a fixed-wing aircraft. Ailerons are used in pairs to control the aircraft in roll (or movement around the aircraft's longitudinal axis), which normally results in a change in flight path due to the tilting of the lift vector.

‘little wing’; ‘fin’;

Elevatornoun

A type of shoe having an insert lift to make the wearer appear taller.

Elevatornoun

One who, or that which, raises or lifts up anything.

Elevatornoun

A mechanical contrivance, usually an endless belt or chain with a series of scoops or buckets, for transferring grain to an upper loft for storage.

Elevatornoun

A cage or platform (called an elevator car) and the hoisting machinery in a hotel, warehouse, mine, etc., for conveying persons, goods, etc., to or from different floors or levels; - called in England a lift; the cage or platform itself.

Elevatornoun

A building for elevating, storing, and discharging, grain.

Elevatornoun

A muscle which serves to raise a part of the body, as the leg or the eye.

Elevatornoun

An instrument for raising a depressed portion of a bone.

Elevatornoun

A movable plane or group of planes used to control the altitude or fore-and-aft poise or inclination of an airship or flying machine.

Elevatornoun

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

Elevatornoun

the airfoil on the tailplane of an aircraft that makes it ascend or descend

Elevator

An elevator (North American English) or lift (Commonwealth English) is a type of cable-assisted, hydraulic cylinder-assisted, or roller-track assisted machine that vertically transports people or freight between floors, levels, or decks of a building, vessel, or other structure. They are typically powered by electric motors that drive traction cables and counterweight systems such as a hoist, although some pump hydraulic fluid to raise a cylindrical piston like a jack.