shock resistance
Withstands sudden forces
Shock resistance is the ability to withstand sudden physical impact or jarring forces without damage or loss of function.
The term appears most often in describing watches, electronics, and industrial equipment: The watch features shock resistance up to 10 meters.
Shock-resistant packaging protects fragile items during shipping.
- toughnessResilient durability under strain
- resilienceCapacity to recover quickly
- hard knocksMisfortunes that educate
- energy absorptionCapturing kinetic force internally
- ruggedizationMaking equipment damage-resistant
field tested · elasticity · crash test · durability · built to last · drop · drop zone · hardness · shatterproof · failure analysis · robustness · sports gear · military equipment · construction materials · ductility · dampening · bounce · structural integrity
- durabilitytoughness, durable, sturdiness, robustness, sturdy
- resistancedefiance, resist, dissidence, opposition, pushback
- SmartwatchesApple Watch, Fitbit, Garmin, Samsung Galaxy Watch, fitness tracker
- stabilitystable, steady, firmness, unstable, equilibrium
- product designCAD, prototyping, design process, design iteration, specifications
- reliabilityreliable, dependable, trustworthy, consistent, faithful
shock resistancefragility
Ease of breaking
brittleness · breakability · frangibility · delicacy · friability
shock resistancevulnerability
Openness to harm
weakness · susceptibility · structural weakness · flimsiness · frailty