shock absorber

Financial markets act like a shock absorber for investment.

Women are being sent to prison essentially as a punishment for being poor and falling into debt - they are the shock absorbers of poverty.

For example, Fe3Al could be used to 3D print structural parts that can act as shock absorbers for seismic activity.

These findings also call for revising the role of molecular unfolding, updating the traditional view that it functions as a mechanosensor and a shock absorber when molecules unfold under external force.

The oligoethylene glycol units act as a type of shock absorber that adjusts to the appropriate length to make certain the shapes can fit together in a near-perfect manner.