Challenger

See also: challenger

English

Proper noun

Challenger

1. A space shuttle, named after HMS Challenger (1858), destroyed on January 28, 1986 with loss of its seven-member crew.

Translations

the name of a space shuttle

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 挑戰者號／挑战者号 (zh) (Tiǎozhànzhě hào)

• Japanese: チャレンジャー (Charenjā)
• Russian: Че́лленджер m (Čéllendžer)

Noun

Challenger (plural Challengers)

1. (rail transport) a steam locomotive of the 4-6-6-4 wheel arrangement.
   • 1959, David P. Morgan, editor, Steam's Finest Hour, Kalmbach Publishing Co., page 102:

     American Locomotive Company, which introduced the 4-6-6-4 (on Union Pacific) in 1936, constructed more Challengers than any other builder and, in Northern Pacific's Z-8 class, built the heaviest. NP owned 48 4-6-6-4's in three classes.

Further reading

• Challenger on Wikipedia.Wikipedia