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
Vocabulary lists containing absorber
Nuclear Processes
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At the same time, American production growth—a key shock absorber for high prices after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine—appears to be plateauing.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
First, China has turned itself into the world’s oil shock absorber.
From Barron's • Nov. 20, 2025
“In a perfect world,” Velis said, the SRF would be the shock absorber, where you are lending against good collateral to banks at the auction rate.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 13, 2025
“I noticed that I started to feel really content with packaging my food, sticking them in the oxygen absorber, and then putting them in my bin,” Moffitt said.
From Salon • Jan. 8, 2025
Hermes was now pulling Beck and Watney along, with Vogel's use of the tether acting as a shock absorber.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
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