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"Buffer" Definition

noun

A buffing wheel.
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.
One that buffs, especially a piece of soft leather or cloth used to shine or polish.
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).

verb-transitive

Chemistry To treat (a solution) with a buffer.
Computer Science To hold or collect (data) in a buffer.
To act as a buffer for or between.

verb

To lessen the shock of .
To treat (as a solution or its acidity) with a buffer.
To prepare (aspirin) with an antacid.
To collect (as data) in a buffer.

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