pad

The Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) recognizes more than a dozen meanings of pad. Most of them are linked to a type of pillow or cushion characterized by its small size.

In fact, at a general level, it can be said that a pad is a pillow girl. These products usually have specific uses.

A pad can be an item that provides protection or comfort.

Travel pad

Is named travel pad to the one that can be used in a bus or micro, a train, an airplane or a car to facilitate rest. It is usually shaped like OR, in such a way as to offer support to the neck and also minimizes lateral head movements.

These pads are usually inflatables. This way they can be stored deflated so that they occupy little space and then be inflated at the time they are to be used.

A remedy against pain

There are pads that are used to relieve various ailments. These pads are placed on the zone where the annoyance is felt for them to act locally.

The electric pads, for example, they generate hot thanks to electric power. In this way they contribute to the development of a thermotherapy (the treatment of pain by applying heat).

The seed pads they work in a similar way. In this case, the pad should be heated (in a microwave oven or with the method indicated depending on the model) and then placed in the place of the ailment. The seeds They have the ability to maintain heat, dissipating it very slowly.

The hash, also called a numeral, is a symbol used in computer science and telecommunications.

Protective or support pad

Also known as a pad to a padded piece that serves as protection or to reduce the Pressure which exerts a hard element. On a seat, to mention one possibility, a pad can be installed so that the person sitting is at ease and comfortable.

The headphones or earphones, meanwhile, have pads so that, when placed in the ear, they do not experience discomfort due to the hardness. A similar function, in this case to protect the wrist, have the mouse pads (also called mouse pads or mousepad), which are used to facilitate the movement of the mouse or mouse used in a computer (computer).

The concept in zoology

A pad is called a tissue with fat and fibers that certain animals have on the sole of the foot or at the end of the phalanges. This pad gives them protection against friction and bumps.

The cats and the dogs They are species that have pads. This particularity means that they can walk on different surfaces without great inconvenience.

The pad as a symbol

In the field of telecommunications and the computing, finally, there is a symbol which is called a pad in some countries, while in others it is called numeral. This symbol (#) is similar to that used in the field of music to indicate that a note is a sustained.

The hash is used for entering comments in certain programming languages ​​and for creating a hashtag or hashtag on social media. The trends of the networks, in fact, are spread with a pad at the beginning of the word or phrase (#Rihanna, #Elections, #NBA, etc.).