overdamp

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English

Etymology

From over- +‎ damp.

Verb

overdamp (third-person singular simple present overdamps, present participle overdamping, simple past and past participle overdamped)

  1. To damp a system more than would be necessary to prevent oscillation

Adjective

overdamp (comparative more overdamp, superlative most overdamp)

  1. overly damp.
    • 2013, Sarah Bernhardt, My Double Life: The Memoirs of Sarah Bernhardt, →ISBN:
      One day, as her husband was ill, she went into the field to help gather in potatoes; the overdamp soil was rotting them, and there was no time to be lost.