ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Damping

Definition & Meaning

Part of speech verb

Quick meaning: Damping is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of damp.

Meaning

present participle and gerund of damp.

More Meanings

  1. A dampening; a making wet.
  2. (mechanics) The reduction in the magnitude of oscillations by the dissipation of energy.
  3. (mechanics) The stabilization of a physical system by reducing oscillation.

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include moist, moistness, dampen, wet, break, weaken.

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