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antishock

antishock adjective: that counteracts or reduces shock, or its effects.

Adjective

antishock (not comparable)

  1. That counteracts or reduces shock, or its effects.

Noun

antishock (countable and uncountable, plural antishocks)

  1. (countable) A shock wave that gains energy when fluid flows through the shock front.
    • Here the shock is associated with the wavelike property of a system, while the antishock is a consequence of a tendency toward instability.1962, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Research Laboratory of Electronics, Quarterly Progress Report - Volumes 64-65, page 153
    • Only normal shocks are generated directly from continuous initial conditions. Solutions containing antishocks exist following discontinuous initial conditions such as those used in shock tubes and those that arise from a collision of two normal shocks, ...1978, Collective Phenomena - Volume 3, page 10
  2. (uncountable) A cushioning system for counteracting shock.
    • With the M 4 system, superior antishock is available from one end of the adjustment range to the other because higher or lower setttings are achieved through changes in leverage rather than by increasing or decreasing the pre-load.1976 February, Carl Ettlinger, “Bindings Performance Report: The Marker M Line”, in Skiing, volume 28, number 6, page 89
    • ...with 60-second antishock is its best-seller, taking up more than 70 percent of total output.2005, Asian Sources Electronics - Issue 4; Issue 6
  3. A drug that works to counter the effects of physical shock.
    • We all need some antishock, Doctor.2013, Philip Jose Farmer, The Unreasoning Mask, →ISBN
    • Shortly a drawer emerged, holding three loaded syringes: one containing a counteragent for his anaesthetic, the second a mix of sugars, antishocks, viral and bacterial applications, the third a wide-spectrum stimulant package.2014, Neal Asher, The Complete Owner Trilogy, →ISBN

Examples of antishock in a sentence

  • For unconditioned dynamics antishocks are unstable and dissolve into a rarefaction wave.2014, C Bernardin, P Gonçalves, From Particle Systems to Partial Differential Equations, page 114:
  • We could now skip tracks, get digital sound, batteries lasted longer, and the device was far thinner; skipping, however, remained an issue until antishock was developed.2018, Wiemer Snijders, Eat Your Greens, →ISBN, page 288:

Forms of antishock

Adjective
alternative formanti-shock
Noun
pluralantishocks

Origin of antishock

From anti- + shock.

Questions about antishock

What does antishock mean?
Antishock means that counteracts or reduces shock, or its effects.
How do you use antishock in a sentence?
For unconditioned dynamics antishocks are unstable and dissolve into a rarefaction wave.
What part of speech is antishock?
Antishock can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near antishock in the dictionary

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