Meanings
plural shock absorbers
- engineeringA 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 93Synonyms: shox
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA 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.
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Translations
Arabic مُمْتَصّ صَدَمَات
- مُمْتَصّ صَدَمَات (mumtaṣṣ ṣadamāt)device to absorb shocks
Bulgarian амортиза́тор, амортисьо́р
- амортиза́тор (amortizátor)device to absorb shocks
- амортисьо́р (amortisjór)device to absorb shocks
Catalan amortidor
- amortidordevice to absorb shocks
Chinese Mandarin 減震器 /减震器, 避震器
- 減震器 /减震器 (jiǎnzhènqì)device to absorb shocks
- 避震器 (bìzhènqì)device to absorb shocks
- 阻尼器 (zǔníqì)device to absorb shocks
- 緩衝器 /缓冲器 (huǎnchōngqì)device to absorb shocks
Czech tlumič
- tlumičdevice to absorb shocks
Danish støddæmper
- støddæmperdevice to absorb shocks
Dutch schokdemper, schokbreker
- schokdemperdevice to absorb shocks
- schokbrekerdevice to absorb shocks
Esperanto amortizilo, skusorbilo
- amortizilodevice to absorb shocks
- skusorbilodevice to absorb shocks
Estonian amortisaator
- amortisaatordevice to absorb shocks
Finnish iskunvaimennin
- iskunvaimennindevice to absorb shocks
French amortisseur
- amortisseurdevice to absorb shocks
German Stoßdämpfer
- Stoßdämpferdevice to absorb shocks
Greek αμορτισέρ
- αμορτισέρ (amortisér)device to absorb shocks
Hindi प्रघात अवशोषक, शॉक अब्ज़ॉर्बर
- प्रघात अवशोषक (praghāt avśoṣak)device to absorb shocks
- शॉक अब्ज़ॉर्बर (śŏk abzŏrbar)device to absorb shocks
Hungarian tompító, lengéscsillapító
- tompítódevice to absorb shocks
- lengéscsillapítódevice to absorb shocks
Icelandic höggdeyfir
- höggdeyfirdevice to absorb shocks
Indonesian peredam kejut, sokbreker
- peredam kejutdevice to absorb shocks
- sokbrekerdevice to absorb shocks
- shockbreakerdevice to absorb shocks
Italian ammortizzatore
- ammortizzatoredevice to absorb shocks
Japanese ショックアブソーバー, 緩衝器
- ショックアブソーバー (shokku abusōbā)device to absorb shocks
- 緩衝器 (kanshōki)device to absorb shocks
Korean 완충기, 쇼크 업소버
- 완충기 (wanchunggi)device to absorb shocks
- 쇼크 업소버 (syokeu eopsobeo)device to absorb shocks
Latvian amortizators
- amortizatorsdevice to absorb shocks
Lithuanian amortizatorius
- amortizatoriusdevice to absorb shocks
Norwegian Bokmål støtdemper, støytdemper
- støtdemperdevice to absorb shocks
- støytdemperdevice to absorb shocks
Persian کمکفنر
- کمکفنر (komak-fanar)device to absorb shocks
Polish amortyzator
- amortyzatordevice to absorb shocks
Portuguese amortecedor
- amortecedordevice to absorb shocks
Romanian amortizor
- amortizordevice to absorb shocks
Russian амортиза́тор
- амортиза́тор (amortizátor)device to absorb shocks
Slovak tlmič
- tlmičdevice to absorb shocks
Spanish amortiguador
- amortiguadordevice to absorb shocks
Swedish stötdämpare
- stötdämparedevice to absorb shocks
Tagalog salubayo
- salubayodevice to absorb shocks
Turkish amortisör
- amortisördevice to absorb shocks
Ukrainian амортиза́тор
- амортиза́тор (amortyzátor)device to absorb shocks
Vietnamese giảm xóc
- giảm xócdevice to absorb shocks
Cite this entry
shock absorber. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shock%20absorber
“shock absorber.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shock%20absorber. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shock absorber,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shock%20absorber.
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