Definition of damping Damping
/dæˈmpɪŋ/ - [datmping] -
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What does damping mean?
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- damping (Noun)
The reduction in the magnitude of oscillations by the dissipation of energy. - damping (Noun)
The stabilization of a physical system by reducing oscillation. - damping (Verb)
Present participle of damp.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- damping (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Damp
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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damping
The reduction in the amplitude of oscillations by the dissipation of energy.
Electrical DictionaryThe Standard Electrical Dictionary 💡
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damping
Preventing the indicator of an instrument from oscillating in virtue of its own inertia or elasticity. In a galvanometer it is defined as resistance to quick vibrations of the needle, in consequence of which it is rapidly brought to rest when deflected (Ayrton). In dead-beat galvanometers (see Galvanometer, Dead-Beat,) damping is desirable in order to bring the needle to rest quickly; in ballistic galvanometers (see Galvanometer, Ballistic,) damping is avoided in order to maintain the principle of the instrument. Damping may be mechanical, the frictional resistance of air to an air-vane, or of a liquid to an immersed diaphragm or loosely fitting piston, being employed. A dash-pot, q. v., is an example of the latter. It may be electro-magnetic. A mass of metal near a swinging magnetic needle tends by induced currents to arrest the oscillations thereof, and is used for this purpose in dead-beat galvanometers. This is termed, sometimes, magnetic friction. The essence of damping is to develop resistance to movement in some ratio proportional to velocity, so that no resistance is offered to the indicator slowly taking its true position. (See Galvanometer, Dead-Beat.)
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🔤- damping, verb, gerund of damp (infinitive).
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