run-in

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim An encounter; a scrape or brush, especially one involving trouble or difficulty.

   “During that time he had two more run-ins with the law. One involved the sale of stolen property. The other was for a series of hot checks.”

2. isim The end-phase of a competition etc.

   “Yahoo Sport's Leicester City blogger Helen Nutter gets ready for the Premier League run-in knowing her side - incredibly - still have a great chance of being crowned champions”

3. isim A sudden compression between two coupled railcars when the hinder one is moving faster than the fore one.

   “Brake pipe pressure reduction rates of over 30 psi/sec lasting for about 15 milliseconds were created by harsh slack run-ins.”

4. sıfat (not comparable) Having been run in before or behind previous text.

   “These headings are of the run-in type because a free-hanging style would just be a waste of column inches.”

5. sıfat (sometimes comparable) Having been run in to seat the parts.

   “A well run-in engine is likelier to consume less crankcase oil over the course of its working life.”