noun
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a person or thing that absorbs
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physics a material that absorbs radiation or causes it to lose energy
Etymology
Origin of absorber
Example Sentences
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Cash flow was significantly stronger than expected, due to lower investments, but this only acts as a partial shock absorber to the negative results, they add.
The bottom line on bonds for most of Jay Spector’s clients, meanwhile, is that they are an investment vehicle, not a “shock absorber.”
From MarketWatch
“We don’t have quite the shock absorber that we used to have,” Croft said in an interview.
From Barron's
Potholes can cause damage to shock absorbers and suspension springs, and can also distort wheels.
From BBC
The economic hierarchy that dominated the past decade—the U.S. as the global engine, China as the main absorber of capital, and emerging markets rising or falling with the commodity cycle—is fading.
From Barron's
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