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DAMPER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A depressing restraint
Example:
rain put a damper on our picnic plans
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("damper" is a kind of...):
restraint (the act of controlling by restraining someone or something)
Derivation:
damp (restrain or discourage)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A device that decreases the amplitude of electronic, mechanical, acoustical, or aerodynamic oscillations
Synonyms:
damper; muffler
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("damper" is a kind of...):
device (an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "damper"):
damper block; piano damper (damper consisting of a small felted block that drops onto a piano string to stop its vibration)
dash-pot (a mechanical damper; the vibrating part is attached to a piston that moves in a chamber filled with liquid)
cushion; shock; shock absorber (a mechanical damper; absorbs energy of sudden impulses)
Derivation:
damp (make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible)
damp (deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A movable iron plate that regulates the draft in a stove or chimney or furnace
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("damper" is a kind of...):
plate (a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic)
Holonyms ("damper" is a part of...):
chimney (a vertical flue that provides a path through which smoke from a fire is carried away through the wall or roof of a building)
Derivation:
damp (lessen in force or effect)
