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anti-shock en · ADJ

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1. (alt-of, alternative, not-comparable) Alternative form of antishock.
   alt of antishock
   • Anti-shock treatment should be started immediately. 2012, K. Atsumi, F. Kajiya, Medical engineering in Japan: Research and development, →ISBN, page 35:
   • Once the casing had been removed, the shock-proof cover was separated from the electronic section by means of an iron lever (the cover was attached to the electronic section with an anti-shock mounting). 2010, Allistair Fitzgerald, Air Crash Investigations, →ISBN:
   • Of the many anti-shock devices now on the market, those depending on the elastic force of compressed air hold certain advantages. 1907, Car Illustrated: A Journal of Travel by Land, Sea, & Air:
   • The modified fuzzy rules enhanced the anti-shock abilities of the fuzzy PID controller greatly, and at the same time the controller still performs well during the initial levitation process. 2011, Min Zhu, Electrical Engineering and Control, →ISBN:

anti-shock en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable) Alternative form of antishock.
   alt of antishock
   • They gave the members of the first group round-shaped sweets, and told them that these are pain killer pills or anti-shocks, and they swallowed it. 2012, Cindy L. Gunn, editor, Enhancing Teaching and Learning in Higher Education in the United Arab Emirates: Reflections from the Classroom, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, →ISBN, →OCLC:
   • There are many types of additives: working agents, reticulating agents,stabilizers divided into anti-oxidants and anti-UV, plasticizers, fireproofing agents,pigments and dyes, inflating agents, anti-shocks. 2013, Yves Mouton, Organic Materials for Sustainable Civil Engineering, →ISBN:
   • The blood transfusions were from 400 ml to 1500 ml (those used for anti-shock preoperatively not included). 2012, Issues in Critical and Emergency Medicine, →ISBN:
   • However, this amount of anti-shock is possible only if the boot sole is of the proper shape at the toe. 1974 October, Al Greenberg, “Know Your Bindings: 22, The Salomon S-555”, in Skiing, volume 27, number 2:

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