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Meaning of "moving pavement" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MOVING PAVEMENT

moving pavement  [ˈmuːvɪŋ ˈpeɪvmənt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MOVING PAVEMENT

noun
adjective
verb
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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Moving pavement is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MOVING PAVEMENT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

moving pavement

Moving walkway

A moving walkway or moving sidewalk, known in British English as a travellator or a travelator, is a slow moving conveyor mechanism that transports people across a horizontal or inclined plane over a short to medium distance. Moving walkways can be used by standing or walking on them. They are often installed in pairs, one for each direction.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MOVING PAVEMENT


achievement
əˈtʃiːvmənt
advertisement
ədˈvɜːtɪsmənt
agreement
əˈɡriːmənt
apartment
əˈpɑːtmənt
bereavement
bɪˈriːvmənt
contrivement
kənˈtraɪvmənt
countermovement
ˌkaʊntərˈmuːvmənt
depravement
dɪˈpreɪvmənt
deprivement
dɪˈpraɪvmənt
enlevement
ɪnˈliːvmənt
enslavement
ɪnˈsleɪvmənt
evolvement
ɪˈvɒlvmənt
improvement
ɪmˈpruːvmənt
involvement
ɪnˈvɒlvmənt
lavement
ˈleɪvmənt
misimprovement
ˌmɪsɪmˈpruːvmənt
movement
ˈmuːvmənt
pavement
ˈpeɪvmənt
revivement
rɪˈvaɪvmənt
underachievement
ˌʌndərəˈtʃiːvmənt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MOVING PAVEMENT

movie theater
movie-going
moviedom
moviegoer
movieland
moviemaking
movieoke
Movietone
moving
moving average
moving belt
moving coil
moving part
moving party
moving picture
moving sidewalk
moving staircase
moving stairway
moving walkway
movingly

WORDS THAT END LIKE MOVING PAVEMENT

abonnement
amusement
announcement
arrangement
basement
comment
element
enforcement
engagement
implement
infringement
management
measurement
placement
replacement
requirement
retirement
settlement
statement
supplement
unit of measurement

Synonyms and antonyms of moving pavement in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «moving pavement» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MOVING PAVEMENT

Find out the translation of moving pavement to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of moving pavement from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «moving pavement» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

移动人行道
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pasillo rodante
570 millions of speakers

English

moving pavement
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

आगे बढ़ फुटपाथ
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الانتقال الرصيف
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

движущихся тротуаров
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pavimento em movimento
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

চলন্ত পটভূমি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

trottoir roulant
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Turapan bergerak
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Fahrsteig
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

動く歩道
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

이동 포장
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ngeterake trotoar
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

vỉa hè di chuyển
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நகரும் நடைபாதை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हलवून फरसबंदी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Hareketli kaldırım
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

movimento marciapiede
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

chodnik w ruchu
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

рухомих тротуарів
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pavaj în mișcare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κινούμενο πεζοδρόμιο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

beweeg sypaadjie
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

rörliga trottoar
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

flytting fortau
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of moving pavement

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MOVING PAVEMENT»

The term «moving pavement» is used very little and occupies the 192.298 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MOVING PAVEMENT» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about moving pavement

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MOVING PAVEMENT»

Discover the use of moving pavement in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to moving pavement and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Automated Pavement Distress Collection Techniques
“Instead of shooting one frame at a time, the film used in LTPP is continuously exposed to a moving pavement surface, forming a contiguous image of pavement . In order to control illumination to guarantee image quality, shooting is normally ...
‎2004
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Routledge Dictionnaire Technique Anglais
TRANSPORT moving pavement (BrE). moving sidewalk (AmE): - roulant articulé m TRANSPORT articulated-type moving pavement (BrE). articulated-type moving sidewalk (AmE); - roulant à bande continue m TRANSPORT bel t- type moving ...
Yves Arden, 1994
3
New Scientist
Yet another staple of the science fiction view of the future can now be ordered from a reputable manufacturer — the high-speed moving pavement or beltway. Working with the Battelle Institute in Geneva, Dunlop has produced a design and a ...
4
Movement in Cities: Spatial Perspectives On Urban Transport ...
Moving pavement: The demand for many short-distance movements in central areas need not only be met by new intermediate-scale rapid~transit networks but may be adequately provided for by passenger—conveyor or moving-pavement ...
P.W. Daniels, A.M. Warnes, 2013
5
Beige Planet Mars:
Despite that, the air was refreshing rather than freezing, and there wasn't a breeze blowing. Benny slipped her sunglasses on. She spotted the moving pavement and crossed Central Plaza to join it. There would be a network of these in the city ...
Lance Parkin, Mark Clapham, 1998
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Routledge French Technical Dictionary Dictionnaire technique ...
... cabin-type: ~ moving pavement n (BrE) (cf cabin-type moving sidewalk) TRANSP trottoir roulant a cabines m; ~ moving sidewalk n (AmE) (cfcabin-type moving pavement) TRANSP trottoir roulant a cabines m cable n COMP, ELEC conductor, ...
Yves Arden, 2013
7
Future Transport in Cities
Study made in 1975 for a moving pavement system to run elevated along the pedestrian deck. View along the enclosed tube which rampsdown to deck level ateither end. 8.10 Cross section through tube showing supporting structure, ...
Brian Richards, 2001
8
New Scientist
Blues, reds and greens have all been carefully balanced to give you — at last — fluorescent lighting that is true to all colours. BRITAIN'S FIRST MOVING PAVEMENT Instead of struggling along a crowded 300 foot subway, passengers now ...
9
Passenger Conveyors
Figure 5 Ames' "Revolving stairs" patented in 1859 [12] [Reproduced from ARCHITECTURAL RECORD, July 1956, copyright McGraw-Hill Inc. Speer's moving pavement In 1874, an American engineer by the name of Speer put forward very ...
J. M. Tough, C. A. O'Flaherty, 1971
10
The Haunted Gallery: Painting, Photography, Film C.1900
The Paris 1900 Exposition Universelle not only boasted the biggest great wheel ever built but also unveiled the first escalator and a moving pavement. In fact it specialised in novel forms of technology for the slow transportation of large ...
Lynda Nead, 2007

9 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MOVING PAVEMENT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term moving pavement is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Coffee Is Cycling's New Performance-Enhancing Drug
... problems of the past forge ahead in search of the thrill manifested in the sound of whirring rubber tires traveling over fast-moving pavement. «Eater, Jun 15»
2
Sandwich Woman: Kate falls for the Polish builder
Before you know it, you're on a moving pavement to a wheelchair-access bungalow in a sheltered community wearing incontinence pants. «Telegraph.co.uk, Nov 14»
3
A vision of what the square outside the Council House could look …
For who could forget Jerde's Egg Library; the revolving glitterballs for Broadgate or the moving pavement from the station to the city centre? «Coventry Telegraph, Sep 13»
4
Where the Future Came From: A Trip Through the 1893 Chicago …
The first line of belts was to run at a slow velocity, say 3 miles per hour, and upon this slow belt of moving pavement, passengers were expected ... «Gizmodo India, Jul 13»
5
Answer Girl: What goes up must come down except, apparently, in …
... walkways," but can also be called "moving pavement," "moving sidewalks," "walkalators," "travelators," or - my personal favorite - "slidewalks.". «Casper Star-Tribune Online, Jul 12»
6
Are we dangerous drivers — or are we just rude?
The problem, of course, is that there's another driver behind him, and maybe he doesn't want to yield the little stretch of moving pavement you ... «Dallas Morning News, Mar 12»
7
Bad English, bad patois, bad driving
The high volume of pedestrian traffic between Cross Roads and Heroes Circle justifies a covered, moving pavement down Marescaux Road. «Jamaica Observer, Jan 12»
8
Moving Sidewalks Before The Jetsons
The first line of belts was to run at a slow velocity, say 3 miles per hour, and upon this slow belt of moving pavement, passengers were expected ... «Smithsonian, Jan 12»
9
More women are switching gears, from the safety of cars to the …
Until she's flying, nothing between her boots and swiftly moving pavement but a small foot-peg. Tona, who commutes from her home in the ... «San Francisco Chronicle, Oct 05»

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