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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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: engineering, mechanical, mechanical-engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: shox
Antonyms: none provided
a mechanical damper; absorbs energy of sudden impulses
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the old car needed a new set of shocks
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: shock, cushion
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: damper, muffler
Narrower terms: air cushion, air spring
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
63 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
مُمْتَصّ صَدَمَات
(mumtaṣṣ ṣadamāt)
— device to absorb shocks
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Armenian:
մեղմիչ
(meġmičʻ)
— device to absorb shocks
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Azerbaijani:
amortizator
— device to absorb shocks
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Belarusian:
амартыза́тар
(amartyzátar)
— device to absorb shocks
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Bulgarian:
амортиза́тор
(amortizátor)
— device to absorb shocks
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Bulgarian:
амортисьо́р
(amortisjór)
— device to absorb shocks
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Burmese:
ရှော့ဘား
(hrau.bha:)
— device to absorb shocks
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Catalan:
amortidor
— device to absorb shocks
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Chinese Mandarin:
減震器 /减震器
(jiǎnzhènqì)
— device to absorb shocks
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Chinese Mandarin:
避震器
(bìzhènqì)
— device to absorb shocks
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Chinese Mandarin:
阻尼器
(zǔníqì)
— device to absorb shocks
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Chinese Mandarin:
緩衝器 /缓冲器
(huǎnchōngqì)
— device to absorb shocks
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Czech:
tlumič
— device to absorb shocks
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Danish:
støddæmper
— device to absorb shocks
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Dutch:
schokdemper
— device to absorb shocks
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Dutch:
schokbreker
— device to absorb shocks
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Esperanto:
amortizilo
— device to absorb shocks
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Esperanto:
skusorbilo
— device to absorb shocks
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Estonian:
amortisaator
— device to absorb shocks
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Faroese:
stoytdoyvari
— device to absorb shocks
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Finnish:
iskunvaimennin
— device to absorb shocks
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French:
amortisseur
— device to absorb shocks
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Galician:
amortecedor
— device to absorb shocks
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Georgian:
ამორტიზატორი
(amorṭizaṭori)
— device to absorb shocks
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German:
Stoßdämpfer
— device to absorb shocks
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Greek:
αμορτισέρ
(amortisér)
— device to absorb shocks
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Hindi:
प्रघात अवशोषक
(praghāt avśoṣak)
— device to absorb shocks
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Hindi:
शॉक अब्ज़ॉर्बर
(śŏk abzŏrbar)
— device to absorb shocks
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Hungarian:
tompító
— device to absorb shocks
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Hungarian:
lengéscsillapító
— device to absorb shocks
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Icelandic:
höggdeyfir
— device to absorb shocks
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Ido:
amortisilo
— device to absorb shocks
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Indonesian:
peredam kejut
— device to absorb shocks
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Italian:
ammortizzatore
— device to absorb shocks
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Japanese:
ショックアブソーバー
(shokku abusōbā)
— device to absorb shocks
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Japanese:
緩衝器
(kanshōki)
— device to absorb shocks
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Kazakh:
амортизатор
(amortizator)
— device to absorb shocks
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Korean:
완충기
(wanchunggi)
— device to absorb shocks
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Korean:
쇼크 업소버
(syokeu eopsobeo)
— device to absorb shocks
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Kyrgyz:
амортизатор
(amortizator)
— device to absorb shocks
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Latvian:
amortizators
— device to absorb shocks
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Lithuanian:
amortizatorius
— device to absorb shocks
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Macedonian:
амортизе́р
(amortizér)
— device to absorb shocks
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Norwegian Bokmål:
støtdemper
— device to absorb shocks
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Norwegian Bokmål:
støytdemper
— device to absorb shocks
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
støytdempar
— device to absorb shocks
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Persian:
کمکفنر
(komak-fanar)
— device to absorb shocks
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Polish:
amortyzator
— device to absorb shocks
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Portuguese:
amortecedor
— device to absorb shocks
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Romanian:
amortizor
— device to absorb shocks
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Russian:
амортиза́тор
(amortizátor)
— device to absorb shocks
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Serbo-Croatian:
амортѝзе̄р
— device to absorb shocks
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Serbo-Croatian:
amortìzēr
— device to absorb shocks
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Slovak:
tlmič
— device to absorb shocks
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Slovene:
amortizer
— device to absorb shocks
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Spanish:
amortiguador
— device to absorb shocks
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Swedish:
stötdämpare
— device to absorb shocks
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Tagalog:
salubayo
— device to absorb shocks
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Tajik:
амортизатор
(amortizator)
— device to absorb shocks
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Turkish:
amortisör
— device to absorb shocks
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Ukrainian:
амортиза́тор
(amortyzátor)
— device to absorb shocks
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Uzbek:
amortizator
— device to absorb shocks
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Vietnamese:
giảm xóc
— device to absorb shocks