damping

English

Verb

damping

  1. present participle and gerund of damp

Noun

damping (countable and uncountable, plural dampings)

  1. (mechanics) The reduction in the magnitude of oscillations by the dissipation of energy
  2. (mechanics) The stabilization of a physical system by reducing oscillation

Derived terms

Translations

Middle English

Noun

damping

  1. Alternative form of dampnynge

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From dampe + -ing.

Noun

damping f or m (definite singular dampinga or dampingen, indefinite plural dampinger, definite plural dampingene)

  1. steaming (of something)

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From dampe + -ing.

Noun

damping f (definite singular dampinga, indefinite plural dampingar, definite plural dampingane)

  1. steaming (of something)

Turkish

Etymology

From English dumping.

Noun

damping (definite accusative dampingi, plural dampingler)

  1. (business) dumping (anticompetitive business practice)

References

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