SHAKEDOWN
\ʃˈe͡ɪkda͡ʊn], \ʃˈeɪkdaʊn], \ʃ_ˈeɪ_k_d_aʊ_n]\
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By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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initial adjustments to improve the functioning or the efficiency and to bring to a more satisfactory state; "the new industry's economic shakedown"
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intended to test a new system under operating conditions and to familiarize the operators with the system; "a shakedown cruise"
By Princeton University
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A temporary substitute for a bed, as one made on the floor or on chairs; - perhaps originally from the shaking down of straw for this purpose.
By Oddity Software
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).