Buffer and Parting

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

• The act of departing politely.
  • usage: "he disliked long farewells"; "he took his leave"; "parting is such sweet sorrow"
  • synonyms: farewell, leave, leave-taking
• A line of scalp that can be seen when sections of hair are combed in opposite directions.
  • usage: "his part was right in the middle"
  • synonyms: part

verb

• Go one's own way; move apart.
  • usage: "The friends separated after the party"
  • synonyms: separate, part, split
• Discontinue an association or relation; go different ways.
  • usage: "The business partners broke over a tax question"; "The couple separated after 25 years of marriage"; "My friend and I split up"
  • synonyms: separate, part, split up, split, break, break up
• Leave.
  • usage: "The family took off for Florida"
  • synonyms: depart, part, start, start out, set forth, set off, set out, take off
• Come apart.
  • usage: "The two pieces that we had glued separated"
  • synonyms: separate, divide, part
• Force, take, or pull apart.
  • usage: "He separated the fighting children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea"
  • synonyms: separate, disunite, divide, part

• (v.) Given when departing; as, a parting shot; a parting salute.
• (n.) The act of parting or dividing; the state of being parted; division; separation.
• (n.) A joint or fissure, as in a coal seam.
• (n.) The surface of the sand of one section of a mold where it meets that of another section.
• (n.) The breaking, as of a cable, by violence.
• (n.) Lamellar separation in a crystallized mineral, due to some other cause than cleavage, as to the presence of twinning lamellae.
• (v.) Departing.
• (n.) The separation and determination of alloys; especially, the separation, as by acids, of gold from silver in the assay button.
• (n.) A surface or line of separation where a division occurs.
• (v.) Admitting of being parted; partible.
• (p.pr.&vb.n.) of Part.
• (v.) Serving to part; dividing; separating.
• (n.) A separation; a leave-taking.