anti-shock

A form of antishock — That counteracts or reduces shock, or its effects.

Meanings

adjectiveanti-shock (not comparable)
  1. alternativenot comparableAlternative form of antishock.

    Anti-shock treatment should be started immediately.

    2012, K. Atsumi, F. Kajiya, Medical engineering in Japan: Research and development, →ISBN, page 35
    3 more examples

    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

    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

    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
nounanti-shock (countable and uncountable, plural anti-shocks)

plural anti-shocks

  1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative form of antishock.

    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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    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

    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

    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
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