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Definition of Damper

1. Noun. A movable iron plate that regulates the draft in a stove or chimney or furnace.

2. Noun. A device that decreases the amplitude of electronic, mechanical, acoustical, or aerodynamic oscillations.

3. Noun. A depressing restraint. "Rain put a damper on our picnic plans"

Definition of Damper

1. n. That which damps or checks; as: (a) 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. (b) A contrivance, as in a pianoforte, to deaden vibrations; or, as in other pieces of mechanism, to check some action at a particular time.

Definition of Damper

1. Noun. Something that damps or checks: ¹

2. Noun. (Australia) Bread made from a basic recipe of flour, water, milk, and salt, but without yeast. ¹

3. Adjective. (comparative of damp) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Damper

1. one that damps [n -S] - See also: damps

Lexicographical Neighbors of Damper

damp down damp off damp proofing damp squib damp squibs damp squid damp squids damped dampen dampened

dampener dampeners dampening dampeningly dampens damper (current term) damper block dampers dampest dampier

dampiest dampiness damping damping off damping off fungus dampingly dampings dampish dampishly dampishness

Literary usage of Damper

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

1. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1906)
"damper regulators may be divided into four general classes: 1. Steam-actuated regulators, where the motion of a diaphragm under variation of steam pressure ..."

2. Music: Devoted to the Art, Science, Technic and Literature of Music (1897)
"The damper pedal may properly be called a loud pedal for three reasons, namely: Its use reinforces the overtones, the resultant tones, ..."

3. Transactions by American Ethnological Society (1861)
"I did not see the damper, but ascertained by tlie weight and chain attached to it, ... There was a little scale of fresh air from the top of the damper. ..."

4. Home Economics: A Guide to Household Management, Including the Proper by Maria Parola (1906)
"This damper should be opened only long enough to get the fire thoroughly started. If the chimney has a good draft this will not require more than ten or ..."

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