shock absorber

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shock absorber (plural shock absorbers)

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

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