buffer
15
4.2
- noun
- /ˈbʌfər/
:
amortiguador
- The wood blocks act as buffer, so when masts flex, the wire won't snap.
- serve as a buffer
- buffer against stress
- act as a buffer
Now the good news is our economy does have this insulated buffer of inventory.
- Now the good news is our economy does have this insulated buffer of inventory.
- But I also think that we need some tools that are kind of a buffer for when it might happen.
- But what people are doing is they're using their friends as buffers.
- My wife and I are still fighting horribly because slowly but surely I'm starting to get that buffer zone in my mind.
- So I build buffers into every single block.
- So obviously that some of us have more of a buffer than others.
Examples
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With the reduction of fallowing, this buffer was lost, and vulnerability to drought rose.
Academic text (1992) -
Alex would serve as a buffer between him and his father.
Fiction book (1991) -
And my manager and my agent have become sort of a buffer, which is hard in one way.
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I think cultural context can serve as a buffer in a number of different ways.
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Since ancient times, the Korean peninsula has played the role of a buffer between China and Japan.
Academic text (2003) -
Army leaders also reasoned that the civilian population would act as a buffer to slow the Soviet advance.
Fiction book (2001) -
However, their own cultivation provided a buffer limiting the demand for imported agricultural products.
Academic text (1998) -
The ties between mother and children are intensified and serve as a buffer against the maintenance of gerontocracy.
Academic text (1992) -
Apart from serving as a buffer, distributing food and offering health care were the PKO's top priorities.
Fiction book (1999) -
The wetlands serve as a natural buffer against the hurricanes that surge up from the Gulf.
Synonyms
22
2.7
A layer of air or material that reduces force when one thing hits another
3
6.2
A soft cushion tied to the side of a boat to stop damage when docking
Giving a layer that keeps things safe from damage
Compounds
1
6.8
A small neutral country between two larger rival countries that reduces the risk of war
- Specialized
A liquid that helps keep acidity stable in body and lab tests
- Specialized
A liquid that keeps acidity about the same when acids or bases are added
- Specialized
A part of computer memory that temporarily holds data during transfer between devices
- Specialized
A part of a computer's memory that holds data for a short time while it moves between devices
- Specialized
A part of a computer's memory that stores keys you press until the computer reads them
How Protective
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Buffer comes from the old word buff meaning 'a blow' or 'to strike'. A buffer is something that takes or softens a hit, like the pads on a train that protect it from impact.