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damper¹
- /ˈdæmpɚ/ US
Rhymes with -æmpə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
From damp (verb) + -er.
The name of the type of bread is first attested in 1825, and originally likely refers to damping the appetite.
noun dampers
- A valve or movable plate in the flue or other part of a stove, furnace, etc., used to check or regulate the draught of air.
- A contrivance (sordine), as in a pianoforte, to deaden vibrations; or, as in other pieces of mechanism, to check some action at a particular time.
- Something that kills the mood. Nor did Sabrina′s presence seem to act as any damper at the modest little festivities.
- A device that decreases the oscillations of a system. Figure 7.13 shows stability diagrams that illustrate the effect of the magnitude of the damping coefficient of the damper on the flutter of the pipe.
- A shock absorber. In general, steel springs were stipulated for primary suspension, although rubber was accepted for auxiliary springing; hydraulic dampers were specified and the use of laminated springs ruled out.
- Bread made from a basic recipe of flour, water, milk, and salt, but without yeast. 1827, Peter Cunningham, Two Years in New South Wales, ii.190, quoted in G. A. Wilkes, A Dictionary of Australian Colloquialisms, 1978, →ISBN, The farm-men usually bake their flour into flat cakes, which they call dampers, and cook these in the ashes.
- A shop till. A certain class of 'City Arabs' do nothing but steal provisions from shop doors and sell them for one-tenth of their value, or less, […] while a fourth again do nothing but "draw the dampers," i. e. steal from shop-tills.
damper²
- /ˈdæmpɚ/ US
Rhymes with -æmpə(ɹ)
adjective
- comparative form of damp: more damp
Translations
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noun valve or movable plate used to regulate flow of air
| Español | regulador, reductor |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Luftklappe |
| Italiano | smorzatore, farfalla |
| Română | ventil, supapă |
| Русский | регуля́тор тя́ги reguljátor tjági, дымова́я засло́нка dymovája zaslónka, вью́шка vʹjúška |
noun contrivance to deaden vibrations
| Español | amortiguador |
|---|---|
| Français | sourdine |
| Deutsch | Dämpfer |
| Italiano | smorzatore |
| Русский | де́мпфер dɛ́mpfer, амортизатор amortizator, гаситель колебаний gasitelʹ kolebanij |
| עברית | מרסן merasén |
noun thing that kills the mood
| Deutsch | Dämpfer |
|---|---|
| Italiano | rovinare la festa |
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