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Princeton's WordNet

  1. moistening, dampeningnoun

    the act of making something slightly wet

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  1. Dampening

    Damping is an influence within or upon an oscillatory system that has the effect of reducing or preventing its oscillation. In physical systems, damping is produced by processes that dissipate the energy stored in the oscillation. Examples include viscous drag (a liquid's viscosity can hinder an oscillatory system, causing it to slow down; see viscous damping) in mechanical systems, resistance in electronic oscillators, and absorption and scattering of light in optical oscillators. Damping not based on energy loss can be important in other oscillating systems such as those that occur in biological systems and bikes (ex. Suspension (mechanics)). Not to be confused with friction, which is a dissipative force acting on a system. Friction can cause or be a factor of damping. The damping ratio is a dimensionless measure describing how oscillations in a system decay after a disturbance. Many systems exhibit oscillatory behavior when they are disturbed from their position of static equilibrium. A mass suspended from a spring, for example, might, if pulled and released, bounce up and down. On each bounce, the system tends to return to its equilibrium position, but overshoots it. Sometimes losses (e.g. frictional) damp the system and can cause the oscillations to gradually decay in amplitude towards zero or attenuate. The damping ratio is a measure describing how rapidly the oscillations decay from one bounce to the next. The damping ratio is a system parameter, denoted by ζ (zeta), that can vary from undamped (ζ = 0), underdamped (ζ < 1) through critically damped (ζ = 1) to overdamped (ζ > 1). The behaviour of oscillating systems is often of interest in a diverse range of disciplines that include control engineering, chemical engineering, mechanical engineering, structural engineering, and electrical engineering. The physical quantity that is oscillating varies greatly, and could be the swaying of a tall building in the wind, or the speed of an electric motor, but a normalised, or non-dimensionalised approach can be convenient in describing common aspects of behavior.

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  1. dampening

    Dampening generally refers to the process of reducing the intensity, vigor, or amplitude of a phenomenon or effect. It is associated with suppressing vibrations, oscillations, noise, or the emotional impact of something, preventing it from becoming too overwhelming or out of control. The specific meaning varies slightly depending on the field or context in which it's being used, whether it's in physics, engineering, music, or psychology.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Dampening

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of dampening in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of dampening in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of dampening in a Sentence

  1. Deutsche Bank:

    The China Association of Automobile Manufacturers has just lowered its growth forecast for vehicle sales this year sharply from 7 percent to 3 percent, which will no doubt have a dampening effect on gasoline demand.

  2. Han Dong-ho:

    Intelligence has stepped up monitoring (of phone calls) on border passages, dampening brokers' activities, the more dangerous, the more expensive. Many connections with brokers, which North Koreans call 'lines', have been lost.

  3. Eugenie Bouchard:

    I'm kind of a last-minute person, so I'm going to make a decision next week, I guess, the week before( the Olympics), it's just unfortunate because it would be my first Olympic Games, and to have a problem like this( Zika) kind of dampening the excitement of, potentially, your first Olympic Games, it really sucks, to be honest.

  4. Peter Cardillo:

    Apple is holding back the averages, another factor is we have a huge rally in (Treasury) yields, the 10-year is up substantially. Those two factors are holding back the market and dampening the enthusiasm that some kind of cosmetic trade deal is on its way.

  5. Mark Hamrick:

    Sometimes they’re good at that, and sometimes they aren’t. But I think they would look at this data as well as some other evidence around the job market and say, ‘Well, at least maybe we’re on a path that’s more to our liking, with respect to dampening an inflation pressure.

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