shock absorber en · NOUN
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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:
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el αμορτισέρ (device to absorb shocks) · ja ショックアブソーバー (device to absorb shocks) · ja 緩衝器 (device to absorb shocks) · sh amortìzēr (device to absorb shocks) · hi शॉक अब्ज़ॉर्बर (device to absorb shocks) · hu lengéscsillapító (device to absorb shocks) · bg амортисьо́р (device to absorb shocks) · ky амортизатор (device to absorb shocks) · uk амортиза́тор (device to absorb shocks) · ar مُمْتَصّ صَدَمَات (device to absorb shocks) · vi giảm xóc (device to absorb shocks) · cs tlumič (device to absorb shocks) · es amortiguador (device to absorb shocks) · ko 쇼크 업소버 (device to absorb shocks) · fi iskunvaimennin (device to absorb shocks) · ca amortidor (device to absorb shocks) · ko 완충기 (device to absorb shocks) · nn støytdempar (device to absorb shocks) · id peredam kejut (device to absorb shocks) · gl amortecedor (device to absorb shocks) · et amortisaator (device to absorb shocks) · uz amortizator (device to absorb shocks) · ka ამორტიზატორი (device to absorb shocks) · sv stötdämpare (device to absorb shocks) · cmn 避震器 (device to absorb shocks) · de Stoßdämpfer (device to absorb shocks) · hu tompító (device to absorb shocks) · eo skusorbilo (device to absorb shocks) · hy մեղմիչ (device to absorb shocks) · cmn 阻尼器 (device to absorb shocks) · lt amortizatorius (device to absorb shocks) · ro amortizor (device to absorb shocks) · lv amortizators (device to absorb shocks) · it ammortizzatore (device to absorb shocks) · tr amortisör (device to absorb shocks) · fr amortisseur (device to absorb shocks) · sk tlmič (device to absorb shocks) · nl schokdemper (device to absorb shocks) · nb støtdemper (device to absorb shocks) · be амартыза́тар (device to absorb shocks) · io amortisilo (device to absorb shocks) · fo stoytdoyvari (device to absorb shocks) · ru амортиза́тор (device to absorb shocks) · hi प्रघात अवशोषक (device to absorb shocks) · fa کمکفنر (device to absorb shocks) · da støddæmper (device to absorb shocks) · az amortizator (device to absorb shocks) · nb støytdemper (device to absorb shocks) · cmn 緩衝器 /缓冲器 (device to absorb shocks) · cmn 減震器 /减震器 (device to absorb shocks) · kk амортизатор (device to absorb shocks) · eo amortizilo (device to absorb shocks) · tl salubayo (device to absorb shocks) · pt amortecedor (device to absorb shocks) · is höggdeyfir (device to absorb shocks) · bg амортиза́тор (device to absorb shocks) · nl schokbreker (device to absorb shocks) · mk амортизе́р (device to absorb shocks) · tg амортизатор (device to absorb shocks) · my ရှော့ဘား (device to absorb shocks) · sh амортѝзе̄р (device to absorb shocks) · pl amortyzator (device to absorb shocks) · sl amortizer (device to absorb shocks)