SILENCER

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

The muffler of an internal-combustion engine.

2.
n.

Any of various devices to silence the humming noise of telegraph wires.

3.
n.

A device for silencing the report of a firearm shooting its projectiles singly, as a tubular attachment for the muzzle having circular plates that permit the passage of the projectile but impart a rotary motion to, and thus retard, the exploding gases.


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