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shock absorber
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Wikipedia
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A shock absorber (in reality, a shock "damper") is a mechanical or hydraulic device designed to absorb and damp shock impulses. It does this by converting the kinetic energy of the shock into another form of energy (typically heat ) which is then dissipated. ...
Wiktionary
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n. A mechanical device designed to smooth out or damp any sudden shock impulse and dissipate kinetic energy; usually consists of a combination of a spring and a dashpot
WordNet
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n. a mechanical damper; absorbs energy of sudden impulses; "the old car needed a new set of shocks" [syn: shock , cushion ]
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Brundle's trouble had been caused by a split exhaust pipe which overheated a shock absorber . ▪ During an impact, the scalp acts as rotational shock absorber by both compressing and sliding over the skull. ▪ In time I began to ...
Usage examples of shock absorber.
When they were gone he first cleaned the surface of the metal with carburetor cleaner, then applied a thin coating of what looked like double-sided tape to the top of the shock absorber.
The crash couch acted as a vital three-dimensional shock absorber system for the more delicate human body.
The shock absorber was still pressing him against the roof, so he couldn&rsquo.
In theory, they can absorb some of the kinetic energy of my landing, acting as a last-resort shock absorber, but to the best of my knowledge this has never been tested.
The shock absorber was still pressing him against the roof, so he couldn’.
But the lump could also be considered a kind of shock absorber created to protect the cranium from the next blow.
He lets the church groups go by and falls in behind the first of the Christian heathen sections of the march, which forms a long and flexible shock absorber between the religious groups and the overtly secular revellers from the working-class districts, the university, and Back-o'-the-Docks.
Even with a shock absorber system built into the beam rifle and into the Gundam's shoulder, it was impossible to avoid some sort of kick.
This needs a big pusher plateand I'm talking big hereand some sort of shock absorber to preserve the dental work of the passengers.
It sometimes happened, the senor understood, that a car spring would go or a shock absorber snap.
Pitt kept his eyes on the little fish for nearly thirty seconds, aware of nothing except the sound of his exhaust bubbles, before he finally reacted and recognized the long silver tube as the hydraulic shock absorber of the nose wheel.
The strut was bent and severed just below the hydraulic shock absorber.