Definitions of damper [ˈdæm pər]

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Definition of 'damper'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) damper
a person or thing that damps or depresses.

2.  damper
a movable plate for regulating the draft in a stove, furnace, etc.

3.  damper
a device in stringed keyboard instruments to deaden the vibration of the strings.

4.  damper
the mute of a brass instrument.

Etymology: (1740–50)

Definition of 'damper'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) damper
a movable iron plate that regulates the draft in a stove or chimney or furnace

2. (noun) damper, muffler
a device that decreases the amplitude of electronic, mechanical, acoustical, or aerodynamic oscillations

3. (noun) damper
a depressing restraint
"rain put a damper on our picnic plans"

Definition of 'damper'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) damper
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'

The Standard Electrical Dictionary

1. damper
(a) A copper frame on which the wire in a galvanometer is sometimes coiled, which acts to damp the oscillations of the needle.

(b) A tube of brass or copper placed between the primary and secondary coils of an induction coil. It cuts off induction and diminishes the current and potential of the secondary circuit. On pulling it out, the latter increases. It is used on medical coils to adjust their strength of action.

Translation of 'damper'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: something which lessens the strength of enthusiasm, interest etc Her presence cast a damper on the proceedings.
Afrikaans: demper, ontmoediging	Arabic: موهِن للعَزيمَه، مُثْبِط	Bulgarian: нещо угнетяващо/потискащо
Brazilian: arrefecimento	Czech: studená sprcha	German: der Dämpfer
Danish: dæmper	Greek: κτ. που αποθαρρύνει ή προ	Spanish: ducha fría
Estonian: külm dušš	Farsi: هر چیزی که از شدت و میزان	Finnish: vaimennin
French: douche (froide)	Hebrew: גוֹרֵם לְדִכָּאוֹן	Hindi: पानी फेरने वाला
Croatian: prigušujući, obeshrabruju	Hungarian: hideg zuhany	Indonesian: sesuatu yang mengurangi k
Icelandic: e-ð eða e-r sem dregur úr	Italian: doccia fredda	Japanese: 水をさす人・物
Korean: 기세(흥)를 꺾는 것(사람)	Lithuanian: šaltas dušas	Latvian: nomākt, apslāpēt sajūsmu/
Malay: pelemah semangat	Dutch: domper	Norwegian: demper
Polish: zimny prysznic	Persian: هر چیزی که از شدت و میزان	Pashto: خفه كوونكى: لوندوونكى
Portuguese: arrefecimento	Romanian: duş rece	Russian: что-л. действующее расхол
Slovak: studená sprcha, (niečo) p	Slovenian: hladna prha	Serbian: koji obeshrabruje
Swedish: sordin	Thai: สิ่งที่ทำให้ท้อแท้หรือเสี	Turkish: neşe kaçırıcı şey
Taiwanese: 令人掃興的事	Ukrainian: гаситель	Urdu: رغبت یا حوصلہ کم کرنے وال
Vietnamese: làm cụt hứng	Chinese: 令人扫兴的事物（或人）
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