snubber
/ˈsnʌbə
/noun
1A simple kind of shock absorber.I put a devil's claw on the chain with a nylon snubber to the samson post, pipe-furled the sails and started getting loose gear secured above and below....
- A snubber is provided adjacent the disc, the snubber having a body portion rigidly affixed with respect to the disc and snubber arms connected to the body portion.
2An electric circuit intended to suppress voltage spikes.The MP2060 power film resistor suits frequency switching circuits, including snubbers and RF terminations.
Rhymes
- prefix-pronominal
- prefixture
- pre-flame
- pre-flash
- preflight
- prefloration
- prefocus
- prefocusing
- prefocussing
- prefogged
- prefogging
- prefoliation
- preform
- preformant
- preformation
- preformationism
- preformationist
- preformative
- preformer
- preformism
- preformist
- pre-Freudian
- prefrontal
- prefrontal leucotomy
- prefrontal lobotomy