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Definition of: absorber
(ab·sôr′bər, -zôr′-) noun
1. One who or that which absorbs.
2. Mech. A part, as in a caloric engine, having the function of absorbing heat and giving it out later; a regenerator.
3. In an automobile spring, a device for absorbing the shock or jar of a machine in motion; a shock absorber.
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