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Meanings of shakedown in English

Continuum mechanics behavior in which plastic deformation takes place during running in, while the steady state is perfectly elastic.

Accommodation.

Related terms

Roll-out.

Usage of shakedown in English
1
He certainly has the players required to feature in the final shakedown.
The Irish Times
2
Her featherbed was twice as wide and lofty as my straw-and-rag-filled shakedown.
Caleb's crossing
3
I wrapped up Solace and drew her to me on the shakedown.
Caleb's crossing
4
Would have been stupid to do until their shakedown run was over.
Abaddon's Gate
5
They gave me a shakedown for the night in the cargo.
Not George Washington — an Autobiographical Novel
6
There was a hidden threat, pressure -a sort of shakedown.
The Guardian
7
Taking it outside for a shakedown tomorrow or the next day.
Go home, stranger
8
Her chamber was an unplastered loft; her bed a shakedown of dried grass.
Woman on the American Frontier / A Valuable and Authentic Histor...
9
Trump's mafia-style shakedown of the president of Ukraine has moved the needle dramatically.
The Guardian
10
But you shall have a shakedown on the old sofa here, for to-night.
Dick Lionheart
11
If you don't pay when the shakedown comes, that's where they get you.
Nemesis Game
12
I requisitioned them myself before we embarked on our shakedown cruise.
To Honor You Call Us
13
A pallet with a thin shakedown was wedged against the wall.
Caleb's crossing
14
It's part of Audi's final shakedown before the E-Tron arrives in showrooms next year.
News.com.au
15
Frank, this case is a publicity stunt and a shakedown.
Just the Sexiest Man Alive
16
Later he discovered that they were waiting for the shakedown.
The new yorker
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