damping

Meanings

• noun

  The process of reducing the amplitude or rate of oscillation of a system or quantity, typically by adding a resistance or frictional force.

  - "The damper in a grandfather clock keeps the pendulum from swinging too wildly."
  - "The sound engineer used damping to reduce the resonance of the drum."

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Synonyms

moisten

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Rhymes

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damp , clamp , ramp , champ , rampant , camp , lamp , hamp

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Variants

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damp , damped , damping , damps , damping-off , damping-offs

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Etymology

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From the Old French word 'dampen', meaning 'to moisten' or 'to quiet'. The concept of damping in physics comes from the analogy of adding a damping force to a system to reduce its oscillations.

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Trivia

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1. The term 'damping' is also used in finance to describe the effect of a security's price returning to its mean value over time.

2. The term 'damping factor' is used in electrical engineering to describe the degree of attenuation of a signal as it passes through a circuit.

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Related Concepts

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1. Damping ratio: A dimensionless quantity used to describe the degree of damping in a system.

2. Critical damping: The condition where a system is damped just enough to return to equilibrium as quickly as possible without oscillating.

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Culture

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In literature, damping is used metaphorically to describe the effect of calming or quieting something. In music, it can refer to the use of a damper pedal on a piano to sustain notes.

How to Memorize "damping"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a pendulum swinging back and forth. Now imagine adding a damping force to the pendulum to make it swing more slowly and smoothly.

2. associate
   

   - Think of damping as a way to calm or quiet something down.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Damping: Dampens Amplitude Making Pendulum Smoothly.

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