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To buffer is to lessen or reduce the impact of sound or impact.
(verb)An example of buffer is to add insulation which buffers the sound from outside.
The definition of a buffer is something that keeps opposing elements separated or someone who helps people get along who are argumentative with each other.
(noun)- An example of a buffer is a piece of land between two cities.
- An example of a buffer is a mediator at divorce proceedings who helps the arguing couple to not fight as they try to settle their property issues.
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See buffer in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
- a person who buffs or polishes
- a buffing wheel, stick, block, or cloth
Origin: buff, + -er
noun
- a device using padding, springs, hydraulic pressure, etc. to lessen or absorb the shock of collision or impact
- any person or thing that serves to lessen shock or prevent sharp impact, as between antagonistic forces
- any substance in a solution that tends to stabilize the hydrogen ion concentration by neutralizing any added acid or alkali
- a computer storage area that temporarily holds data being transferred from one device to another, as to compensate for the different processing rates of the devices
Origin: buff, v. + -er
transitive verb
- to protect against shock or impact; cushion or insulate
- Chem. to add a buffer to (a solution)
noun
Brit., Informal an elderly man variously regarded as old fashioned, stodgy, ineffectual, etc.: usually used with old
See buffer in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- One that buffs, especially a piece of soft leather or cloth used to shine or polish.
- A buffing wheel.
noun
- Something that lessens or absorbs the shock of an impact.
- One that protects by intercepting or moderating adverse pressures or influences: “A sense of humor . . . may have served as a buffer against the . . . shocks of disappointment” (James Russell Lowell).
- Something that separates potentially antagonistic entities, as an area between two rival powers that serves to lessen the danger of conflict.
- Chemistry A substance that minimizes change in the acidity of a solution when an acid or base is added to the solution.
- Computer Science A device or area used to store data temporarily.
- To act as a buffer for or between.
- Chemistry To treat (a solution) with a buffer.
- Computer Science To hold or collect (data) in a buffer.
Origin:
Origin: Probably from obsolete buff, to make a sound like a soft body being hit
Origin: , of imitative origin
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