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Definition of Dash-pot
1. Noun. A mechanical damper; the vibrating part is attached to a piston that moves in a chamber filled with liquid.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dash-pot
Literary usage of Dash-pot
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Convention by National Electric Light Association Convention, National Independent Meat Packers Association, University of Georgia College of Agriculture, University of Georgia Dept. of Food Science (1905)
"When the left end of the rocker arm rises, it tends to lift the piston of the
dash-pot, and elongate the spring E. Upon the return stroke a valve in the ..."
2. Transactions of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1888)
"AN ]MPROVED FORM OF SHAFT GOVERNOR. dash-pot the governor cannot be made fully
as near isochronous by increasing the forces of the governor. ..."
3. Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers by American Institute of Electrical Engineers (1900)
"The moment we throw the full current on the circuit of shunt lamps, if we do not
use a dash pot, we rupture the circuit instantly, for the reason that all ..."
4. Steam-engine Principles and Practice by Terrell William Croft (1922)
"Graph III shows the effect of fluid friction introduced by means of a properly
adjusted dash-pot (Figs. 275 and 276). The governor tends to follow graph I ..."
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