What does Dampen mean?

Definitions for Dampen
ˈdæm pəndamp·en

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. stifle, dampenverb

    smother or suppress

    "Stifle your curiosity"

  2. moisten, wash, dampenverb

    make moist

    "The dew moistened the meadows"

  3. muffle, mute, dull, damp, dampen, tone downverb

    deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping

  4. dampenverb

    reduce the amplitude (of oscillations or waves)

  5. dampen, deaden, dampverb

    make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible

    "muffle the message"

  6. dampenverb

    check; keep in check (a fire)

  7. dampen, damp, soften, weaken, breakverb

    lessen in force or effect

    "soften a shock"; "break a fall"

Wiktionary

  1. dampenverb

    To make damp or moist; to make slightly wet.

  2. dampenverb

    To depress; to check; to make dull; to lessen.

  3. dampenverb

    To become damp; to deaden.

Wikipedia

  1. dampen

    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.

ChatGPT

  1. dampen

    To dampen means to make less strong, intense, or severe; to reduce the vigor or intensity of; to make damp or moist; to deaden, restrain, or depress. It can be used in various contexts like sound, emotion, enthusiasm, etc.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Dampenverb

    to make damp or moist; to make slightly wet

  2. Dampenverb

    to depress; to check; to make dull; to lessen

  3. Dampenverb

    to become damp; to deaden

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  1. madnep

  2. dampne

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Dampen in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Dampen in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of Dampen in a Sentence

  1. New Zealand:

    Slower income growth is likely to dampen the demand for our tourism exports, as UK travelers may well postpone long-haul travel until economic conditions improve.

  2. Danielle Hale:

    If buyers are hesitant to go shopping because they want to avoid contact with others, this could dampen home sales directly, as social distancing is practiced by more people for longer periods of time, a slowdown in consumer spending could eventually lead to job loss and lower incomes.

  3. Jack Ablin:

    These tit-for-tat trade tariffs will ultimately raise prices for consumers and will likely dampen demand for products.

  4. Greg McBride:

    There are not a lot of economic bright spots right now, but one is that with record low mortgage rates homeowners can refinance their mortgages and generate meaningful monthly savings. That savings can shore up their finances and they will end up pumping it back into the economy. Why would you dampen that ?

  5. Lee Hardman:

    Finance Minister Aso stated strongly that sudden yen strength or weakness is bad and that Japan has the means to intervene, he also attempted to alter market expectations that US opposition will prevent Japan from intervening. Overall, the comments do not significantly change our view that direct intervention to dampen yen strength remains unlikely in the near-term.

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Translations for Dampen

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  • обезсърчавам, навлажнявам, навлажнявам се, угнетявамBulgarian
  • reducir, deprimir, humectar, humedecerSpanish
  • humecter, s'humecter, humidifier, rabaisser, déprécier, s'humidifierFrench
  • arozetar, humideskarIdo
  • bedrukkenDutch
  • fukta, väta, dämpaSwedish

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