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Definition of Dampeners
1. dampener [n] - See also: dampener
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dampeners
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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