Challenger

See also: challenger

English

Proper noun

Challenger

A space shuttle, named after the 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 (zh), 挑战者号 (zh) (Tiǎozhànzhě hào)

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

Noun

Challenger (plural Challengers)

(rail transport) a steam locomotive of the 4-6-6-4 wheel arrangement.
- 1959, Steam's Finest Hour, edited by David P. Morgan, 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.

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