damper
IPA: dˈæmpɝ
noun
- Something that damps or checks:
- 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.
- A device that decreases the oscillations of a system.
- (mechanical engineering) A shock absorber.
- (chiefly New Zealand, Australia) Bread made from a basic recipe of flour, water, milk, and salt, but without yeast.
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Examples of "damper" in Sentences
- That is not the point of the damper.
- It's damper, with more of the molasses left in.
- The dampers are separate and remain in the piano.
- The corrective action was a change to the dampers.
- It is the simplest damper and one of the most efficient.
- The thermostat is mounted for movement to open the damper.
- Grooves are formed in the second plane surface of the damper.
- So the damper acts as a counterweight to the movement of the building.
- The clamps engage the damper handle of a fireplace in gripping relation.
- A damper and fan on the boiler interacts with a thermostat inside the building.