Buffer and Answer

noun

• Chemistry) an ionic compound that resists changes in its pH. (
• A neutral zone between two rival powers that is created in order to diminish the danger of conflict.
  • synonyms: buffer zone
• An inclined metal frame at the front of a locomotive to clear the track.
  • synonyms: fender, cowcatcher, pilot
• Computer science. ( a part of RAM used for temporary storage of data that is waiting to be sent to a device; used to compensate for differences in the rate of flow of data between components of a computer system)
  • synonyms: buffer storage, buffer store
• A power tool used to buff surfaces.
  • synonyms: polisher
• A cushion-like device that reduces shock due to an impact.
  • synonyms: fender
• An implement consisting of soft material mounted on a block; used for polishing (as in manicuring.
  • synonyms: buff

verb

• Add a buffer (a solution. )
  • usage: "buffered saline solution for the eyes"
• Protect from impact.
  • usage: "cushion the blow"
  • synonyms: cushion, soften

adjective

• Of the yellowish-beige color of buff leather.
  • synonyms: buff

• (n.) One who polishes with a buff.
• (n.) A pad or cushion forming the end of a fender, which receives the blow; -- sometimes called buffing apparatus.
• (n.) A good-humored, slow-witted fellow; -- usually said of an elderly man.
• (n.) A wheel for buffing; a buff.
• (n.) An elastic apparatus or fender, for deadening the jar caused by the collision of bodies; as, a buffer at the end of a railroad car.

anything that stands between two other things. For example, an inventory' BUFFER' would be additional inventory over and above committed or planned inventory. The inventory buffer will act as an inventory reserve to ensure that sufficient inventory is available when and if required, i. E., the buffer inventory stands between committed inventory and' out-of-stock' status.

noun

• A statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation.
  • usage: "I waited several days for his answer"; "he wrote replies to several of his critics"
  • synonyms: reply, response
• A statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem.
  • usage: "they were trying to find a peaceful solution"; "the answers were in the back of the book"; "he computed the result to four decimal places"
  • synonyms: solution, result, resolution, solvent
• The speech act of replying to a question.
• The principal pleading by the defendant in response to plaintiff's complaint; in criminal law it consists of the defendant's plea of `guilty' or `not guilty' (or nolo contendere); in civil law it must contain denials of all allegations in the plaintiff's complaint that the defendant hopes to controvert and it can contain affirmative defenses or counterclaims.
• A nonverbal reaction.
  • usage: "his answer to any problem was to get drunk"; "their answer was to sue me"

verb

• React verbally.
  • usage: "She didn't want to answer"; "answer the question"; "We answered that we would accept the invitation"
  • synonyms: reply, respond
• Respond to a signal.
  • usage: "answer the door"; "answer the telephone"
• Give the correct answer or solution to.
  • usage: "answer a question"; "answer the riddle"
• Understand the meaning of.
  • usage: "The question concerning the meaning of life cannot be answered"
  • synonyms: resolve
• Give a defence or refutation of (a charge) or in (an argument. )
  • usage: "The defendant answered to all the charges of the prosecution"
• Be liable or accountable.
  • usage: "She must answer for her actions"
• Be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity.
  • usage: "A few words would answer"; "This car suits my purpose well"; "Will $100 do"; "A 'B' grade doesn't suffice to get me into medical school"; "Nothing else will serve"
  • synonyms: suffice, do, serve
• Match or correspond.
  • usage: "The drawing of the suspect answers to the description the victim gave"
• Be satisfactory for; meet the requirements of or serve the purpose of.
  • usage: "This may answer her needs"
• React to a stimulus or command.
  • usage: "The steering of my new car answers to the slightest touch"

• (n.) To be or act in return or response to.
• (v.i.) To be opposite or to act in opposition.
• (n.) Something said or written in reply to a question, a call, an argument, an address or the like; a reply.
• (v.i.) To make a satisfactory response or return.
• (v.i.) To be or act as an equivalent or as adequate or sufficient; as, a very few will answer.
• (n.) To be or act an equivalent to or as adequate or sufficient for; to serve for; to repay.
• (n.) A reply to a change; a defense.
• (n.) To be or act in compliance with, in fulfillment or satisfaction of, as an order, obligation, demand; as, he answered my claim upon him; the servant answered the bell.
• (n.) To be or act in accommodation, conformity, relation or proportion to; to correspond to; to suit.
• (n.) To respond to satisfactorily; to meet successfully by way of explanation, argument or justification, and the like; to refute.
• (n.) To speak in defense against; to reply to in defense; as, to answer a charge; to answer an accusation.
• (n.) To render account to or for.
• (n.) A counter-statement of facts in a course of pleadings; a confutation of what the other party has alleged; a responsive declaration by a witness in reply to a question. In Equity, it is the usual form of defense to the complainant's charges in his bill.
• (n.) A solution, the result of a mathematical operation; as, the answer to a problem.
• (v.i.) To speak or write by way of return (originally, to a charge) or in reply; to make response.
• (n.) To speak or write in return to, as in return to a call or question or to a speech, declaration, argument or the like; to reply to (a question, remark, etc.); to respond to.
• (n.) To atone; to be punished for.
• (v.i.) To render account or to be responsible; to be accountable; to make amends; as, the man must answer to his employer for the money intrusted to his care.
• (v.i.) To be or act in conformity or by way of accommodation, correspondence, relation or proportion; to conform; to correspond; to suit; -- usually with to.
• (n.) Something done in return for or in consequence of, something else; a responsive action.
• (v.i.) To be or act in return.
• (v.i.) To be or act by way of compliance, fulfillment, reciprocation or satisfaction; to serve the purpose; as, gypsum answers as a manure on some soils.
• (n.) To be opposite to; to face.