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• Slowdown (venue) — Slowdown is an entertainment venue located at 729 North 14 Street in NoDo, a new development near the Near North Side neighborhood in Omaha, Nebraska. A combination of a live music venue, shops, restaurants and apartments, the venue was developed …   Wikipedia

• slowdown — slow‧down [ˈsləʊdaʊn ǁ ˈsloʊ ] noun 1. [countable usually singular] when something gets slower: slowdown in • There s been a slowdown in domestic demand for automobiles. • A spokesman blamed heavy competition and the internationaleconomic… …   Financial and business terms

• Slowdown Virginia — (1993 1995) was an indie rock band from Omaha, Nebraska, on Lumberjack Records, the predecessor to today s Saddle Creek records.BiographySlowdown Virginia evolved from The March Hares (another Omaha band) when, in 1993, Matt Oberst and Jim Robino …   Wikipedia

• slowdown — slow·down / slō ˌdau̇n/ n: a slowing down of business operations by employees the term “strike” includes any strike...and any concerted slowdown U.S. Code Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …   Law dictionary

• slowdown — 1897, from SLOW (Cf. slow) + DOWN (Cf. down) …   Etymology dictionary

• slowdown — [n] slacking off; gradual decrease arrest, deceleration, decline, delay, downtrend, downturn, drop, drop off, falloff, freeze, inactivity, retardation, slack, slackening, slow up, stagnation, stoppage, strike; concepts 121,130 Ant. breakthrough,… …   New thesaurus

• slowdown — [slō′doun΄] n. a slowing down, as of production …   English World dictionary

• Slowdown — A slowdown is an industrial action in which employees perform their duties but seek to reduce productivity or efficiency in their performance of these duties. A slowdown may be used as either a prelude or an alternative to a strike, as it is seen …   Wikipedia

• Slowdown utility — A slowdown utility is software designed to make a faster computer run slower. Typically this is used to run old games, which will run too fast or not function properly on more modern high speed machines. Mo Slo is a modern slowdown utility that… …   Wikipedia

• slowdown — UK [ˈsləʊˌdaʊn] / US [ˈsloʊˌdaʊn] noun [countable] Word forms slowdown : singular slowdown plural slowdowns 1) [usually singular] a period when there is less activity an economic slowdown slowdown in: a slowdown in industrial activity 2) American …   English dictionary

• slowdown — [[t]slo͟ʊdaʊn[/t]] slowdowns 1) N COUNT A slowdown is a reduction in speed or activity. There has been a sharp slowdown in economic growth. 2) N COUNT A slowdown is a protest in which workers deliberately work slowly and cause problems for their… …   English dictionary