Definition of Dampeners

1. Noun. (plural of dampener) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Dampeners

1. dampener [n] - See also: dampener

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dampeners

damp
damp-dry
damp-proof course
damp course
damp down
damp off
damp proofing
damp squib
damp squibs
damp squid
damp squids
damped
dampen
dampened
dampener
dampeners (current term)
dampening
dampeningly
dampens
damper
damper block
dampers
dampest
dampier
dampiest
dampiness
damping
damping off
damping off fungus
dampingly

Literary usage of Dampeners

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Engineering Index Annual for by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1910)
"dampeners. Some Casual Remarks on dampeners. Warren H. Miller. Illustrates types, discussing their merits and defects. 2500 w. Elec Wld—Sept. 30, 1909. No. ..."

2. Annual Report of the Minimum Wage Commission of Massachusetts by Minimum Wage Commission, Massachusetts, Herman La Rue Brown, Robert Edgar Bisbee, Edwin N. Bartlett, Charles Frederick Dutch (1915)
"Shirts and other garments are passed under sprays or through machines similar to the collar and cuff dampeners. They are then wrapped in cloths and placed ..."

3. American Druggist (1885)
"(2) of three strips of wood with concave disks (B), whose size and form correspond to those of the various wafers; (3) of three dampeners (C) composed ..."

4. Making Both Ends Meet: The Income and Outlay of New York Working Girls by Sue Ainslie Clark, Edith Wyatt (1911)
"Out of sixty laundries inspected, I found that twenty-six had either unguarded or inadequately guarded mangles, collar presses, and collar dampeners, ..."

5. India and the United States: Estranged Democracies, 1941-1991 by Dennis Kux (1994)
"... poor country but as a difficult place to do business—all acted as dampeners on investment. In India, the attitude toward foreign business was ambiguous. ..."

6. The Car-builder's Dictionary: An Illustrated Vocabulary of Terms which by Master Car-Builders' Association, Matthias Nace Forney, Arthur Mellen Wellington, Leander Garey, Calvin A. Smith (1906)
"SPRING dampeners: McCord & Co., Chicago, III. ¡SPRINGS: Fort Pitt Spring & Mfg. Co., McKees Railway Steel-Spring Co.. New York. NY Union Spring & Mfg. Co., ..."

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