Damper meaning

dăm'pər
An adjustable plate, as in the flue of a furnace or stove, for controlling the draft.
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A device in various keyboard instruments for deadening the vibrations of the strings.
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One that deadens, restrains, or depresses.

Rain put a damper on our picnic plans.

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A device that eliminates or diminishes vibrations or oscillations, as of a magnetic needle.
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A mute for various brass instruments.
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Anything that deadens or depresses.
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A movable plate or valve in the flue of a stove or furnace, for controlling the draft.
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A device to check vibration in the strings of a stringed keyboard instrument.
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A device for lessening the oscillation of a magnetic needle, a moving coil, etc.
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Something that damps or checks:
  • 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.
  • A contrivance (sordine), as in a pianoforte, to deaden vibrations; or, as in other pieces of mechanism, to check some action at a particular time.
  • Something that kills the mood.
  • A device that decreases the oscillations of a system.
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(chiefly Australia) Bread made from a basic recipe of flour, water, milk, and salt, but without yeast.

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Comparative form of damp: more damp.
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Origin of damper

From damp +‎ -er.

Sentence Examples

  • "Kinda puts a damper on any conversation," she said.

  • Now his father was putting a damper on it with his all consuming, self-serving plots.

  • This region, very fertile in the valleys and enjoying a cooler and damper climate than the lower plains, is densely populated, and agriculture and cattle-breeding are carried on extensively.

  • The suggestion that the eating of cakes of unleavened bread, similar to the Australian "damper," was due to the exigencies of the harvest does not meet the case, since it does not explain the seven days and is incongruous with the fact that the first sheaf of the harvest was put to the sickle not earlier than the third day of the feast.

  • Below the entry W of the air-blast there is a throttle valve d which is closed as soon as the damper S opens the gas canal; thus a second security against the production of a mixture of air and gas is afforded.

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