damping

[US]/dæmpɪŋ/
[UK]/'dæmpɪŋ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. resistance to motion or oscillation; decrease in magnitude
v. moisten; suppress

Phrases & Collocations

damping coefficient

vibration damping

damping force

damping effect

damping ratio

damping capacity

damping mechanism

damping factor

viscous damping

damping matrix

friction damping

damping device

damping ring

damping spring

aerodynamic damping

coulomb damping

radiation damping

Example Sentences

The influence of megastructure period or damping on response reduction is analyzed.

The damping principle of high rise multistorey buildings equipped with suspension-mass pendulums was discussed and their damping performance was investigated.

The semiactive variable stiffness and damping control device outperforms the semiactive variable stiffness control as the result of the presence of auxiliary damping in this device.

It was found that the damping of microfluid acting on the disk is correlative with surface characteristics of the disk.

The damping effect of the honeycomb can reduce the influence of the inlet preswirl on the total temperature difference.

Make the bevel gears of the industrial sewingmachine with damping alloy instead of steel to test noise.

In the CGSM, shear modulus and damping ratio of the soil are functions of depth and shear strain, wave equation for the transmission of shear wave is obtained.

The damping effect is also affected by pump pressure, volume of air chamber and the prefill pressure in chamber.

Dry offset: Offset printing using a right-reading relief plate,thus no damping is required.Also called High-etch offset,Letterset.

Applying the theory of rheodynamics and hydraulic theory, a relationship of damping vs. vibration velocity, electric field strength and gas-filled pressure has been set up.

Features of forced response of the mistuned bladed disk under different system parameters like coupling degree, mistuning strength, viscous damping and non-linear friction strength were investigated.

Real-world Examples

Finally, there's the technique so good it's invisible: damping.

Source: Vox opinion

There was nothing left but grey frog, and the kitten sat shivering in a little strip of damping ground.

Source: New Concept English: Vocabulary On-the-Go, Book Three.

If bubbles of sodium vapour formed in the coolant, that damping effect would diminish, risking a dangerous feedback loop of rising temperatures and growing power output.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

And there was a pleasure in my services, most full, most exquisite, even though sad—because he claimed these services without painful shame or damping humiliation.

Source: Jane Eyre (Original Version)

Still, now and then, I received a damping check to my cheerfulness; and was, in spite of myself, thrown back on the region of doubts and portents, and dark conjectures.

Source: Jane Eyre (Original Version)

Eustacia arose, and walked beside him in the direction signified, brushing her way over the damping heath and fern, and followed by the strains of the merrymakers, who still kept up the dance.

Source: Returning Home

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