shock+jar
31jar — I n vessel, urn, vase, Gk. and Rom. Antiq. amphora; container, receptacle, crock, cruse, pot, canister, can; jug, pitcher, ewer; carafe, decanter, flagon, bottle, demijohn, cruet, caster, flask, carboy. II v 1. grate, rasp, scratch, squeak,… …
32jar — A container, usually earthenware. A shock. The technical name for a tool used by oil well drillers to dislodge objects which have become fastened in a well. Raymond v Wickersham, 27 Cost & Pat App 1079, 110 F2d 863 …
33Leyden jar — The Leyden jar is a simple device that stores static electricity in large amounts. It was invented in 1745 by Pieter van Musschenbroek (1692–1761), in Leiden, The Netherlands. It was the original form of the capacitor. The Leyden jar was used to… …
34Static Shock — For shocks from static electricity, see Electrostatics and Triboelectric effect. Static Shock logo of the show Format Animated series Created by …
35Insulin shock therapy — Intervention Insulin shock therapy administered in Lapinlahti Hospital, Helsinki in the 1950s ICD 9 CM 94.24 …
36Leyden jar — Elect. a device for storing electric charge, consisting essentially of a glass jar lined inside and outside, for about two thirds of its height, with tinfoil. [1815 25; so called because invented in LEYDEN] * * * ▪ electrical instrument… …
37cushion — cushionless, adj. cushionlike, adj. /koosh euhn/, n. 1. a soft bag of cloth, leather, or rubber, filled with feathers, air, foam rubber, etc., on which to sit, kneel, or lie. 2. anything similar in form, used to dampen shocks or to prevent… …
38cush´ion|like´ — cush|ion «KUSH uhn», noun, verb. –n. 1. a soft pillow or pad used to sit, lie, or kneel on: »I rested my head by laying it on a cushion. ... sit on a cushion and sew a fine seam (Nursery Rhyme). 2. anything that makes a soft place: »a cushion of… …
39cush|ion — «KUSH uhn», noun, verb. –n. 1. a soft pillow or pad used to sit, lie, or kneel on: »I rested my head by laying it on a cushion. ... sit on a cushion and sew a fine seam (Nursery Rhyme). 2. anything that makes a soft place: »a cushion of moss… …
40appulse — n. Collision, meeting, impact, shock jar, impulse, impulsion, appulsion, striking, striking together, coming together …
