damping
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English
Verb
damping
- present participle and gerund of damp
Noun
damping (countable and uncountable, plural dampings)
- (mechanics) The reduction in the magnitude of oscillations by the dissipation of energy
- (mechanics) The stabilization of a physical system by reducing oscillation
Derived terms
Translations
the stabilization of a physical system by reducing oscillation
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Middle English
Noun
damping
- Alternative form of dampnynge
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Noun
damping f or m (definite singular dampinga or dampingen, indefinite plural dampinger, definite plural dampingene)
- steaming (of something)
References
- “dampe” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Noun
damping f (definite singular dampinga, indefinite plural dampingar, definite plural dampingane)
- steaming (of something)
Turkish
Etymology
Noun
damping (definite accusative dampingi, plural dampingler)
References
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “damping”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1095