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What does hoistway mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word hoistway? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. An opening for the hoist, or elevator, in the floor of a warehouse.
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Elevator kinematics describes the motion of an elevator car in a hoistway, regardless of mass or force.
The lost energy is made up of losses from the motor, stopping brakes, power converter, and hoistway.
The elevator hoistway at the factory deck level is enclosed on all four sides.
The total loss of energy results from losses of motor, brake, frequency convertor and hoistway.
We rode up to the twenty-eighth floor, a single vast room, with various hoistway openings in the floor, like crevasses.
The elevator platform was then raised in increments so that pallets could be made up at the factory deck level until the hoistway was cleared.

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