Shakedown — may refer to: * Shakedown (continuum mechanics), a type of plastic deformation * Shakedown (testing), a period of testing undergone by a ship, airplane or other craft * Extortion, a criminal act of coercion or intimidation for personal… … Wikipedia
shakedown — shake‧down [ˈʆeɪkdaʊn] also shake down noun [countable] 1. a period of time when people start to get used to a new arrangement and it becomes more effective: • The company is expected to enter its final shakedown phase by the middle of September … Financial and business terms
Shakedown cruise — is a nautical term in which the performance of a ship is tested. Shakedown cruises are also used to familiarize the ship s crew with operation of the craft.In the travel industry a shakedown cruise is undertaken to test a ship s systems, both… … Wikipedia
shakedown — [shāk′doun΄] n. 1. a crude, makeshift bed, as a pallet of straw ☆ 2. Slang an extortion of money, as by blackmail ☆ 3. a thorough search of a person or place adj. ☆ for testing the performance or operational characteristics or acclimating the… … English World dictionary
shakedown — noun Date: circa 1730 1. an improvised bed (as one made up on the floor) 2. a boisterous dance 3. an act or instance of shaking someone down; especially extortion 4. a thorough search 5. a process or period of adjustment 6. a testing under… … New Collegiate Dictionary
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Zinovy Rozhestvensky — Zinovy Petrovich Rozhestvensky1 ( ru. Зиновий Петрович Рожественский) (OldStyleDate|November 11|1848|October 30 January 14, 1909) was an admiral of the Imperial Russian Navy, who was in command of the Second Pacific Squadron in the Battle of… … Wikipedia
Lead ship — The lead ship or class leader is the first of a series or class of ships all constructed according to the same general design. The term is applicable military ships and larger civilian craft. Contents 1 Overview 2 Naming 3 In fiction … Wikipedia
USS Triton (SSRN-586) — USS Triton (SSRN/SSN 586), a U.S. Navy nuclear powered radar picket submarine, was the first vessel to execute a submerged circumnavigation of the Earth, accomplishing this during her shakedown cruise in early 1960. She also has the distinction… … Wikipedia
Operation Sandblast — Part of Cold War (1953–1962) … Wikipedia
