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shock absorber

shock absorber noun: 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.

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Noun

shock absorber (plural shock absorbers)

  1. 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.
    • Hydraulic shock absorbers are used to damp out vertical and lateral oscillations.1960 February, “The first of London's new Piccadilly Line trains is delivered”, in Trains Illustrated, page 93
    Synonyms:
    shox

shock absorber meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Tagalog and Arabic

shock absorber in Hindi

device to absorb shocks
प्रघात अवशोषक praghāt avśoṣak, शॉक अब्ज़ॉर्बर śŏk abzŏrbar

shock absorber in Tamil

அதிர்வுறிஞ்சி, அதிர்வேற்பி, அதிர்வுத்தாங்கி

shock absorber in Tagalog

device to absorb shocks
salubayo

shock absorber in Arabic

device to absorb shocks
مُمْتَصّ صَدَمَات mumtaṣṣ ṣadamāt
More languagesFewer languages
shock absorber in Indonesian
peredam kejut
shock absorber in Persian
کمکفنر komak-fanar
shock absorber in Vietnamese
giảm xóc
shock absorber in Myanmar
ရှော့ဘား hrau.bha:

Synonyms of shock absorber

Forms of shock absorber

pluralshock absorbers

Questions about shock absorber

What does shock absorber mean?
Shock absorber means 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.
What is shock absorber in Hindi?
Shock absorber in Hindi is प्रघात अवशोषक (praghāt avśoṣak), शॉक अब्ज़ॉर्बर (śŏk abzŏrbar). See Shock absorber meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is shock absorber?
Shock absorber is a noun.
What is the plural of shock absorber?
The plural of shock absorber is shock absorbers.

Words near shock absorber in the dictionary

  1. shochikubai
  2. shochtim
  3. shochu
  4. shochus
  5. shock
  6. shock absorber
  7. shock absorbers
  8. shock absorption
  9. shock and awe
  10. shock collar
  11. shock collars

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Adapted from Wiktionary: shock absorber (page history and authors); shock absorber (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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