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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A hypothetical, fixed structure designed to transport people and cargo up to a platform or station in geostationary orbit above a planet or planetlike body.
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- noun a hypothetical cable, connecting ground with
space , which includes an elevator used to liftpayloads or people into orbit
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