Definitions for dampen
ˈdæm pəndamp·en

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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.

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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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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

Matched Categories

1. • Check
   • Deaden
   • Soften
   • Weaken

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Anagrams for dampen »

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. 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 ?

2. David Smilde:

   Giving Ceballos home incarceration and Baduel parole are positive gestures the government is making that can dampen some criticism, of course the elephant in the room is the incarceration of Leopoldo Lopez but the government does not appear willing to cede on that point for the time being.

3. Brian Wenzel:

   It will dampen inflation talk, we would prefer that inflation gets tempered and the Delta variant could temper it. That's not the way we want to temper it, of course.

4. Mark Hamrick:

   If that [wage-price spiral] were to begin, that’s very difficult to put back in the would-be bottle after the fact, in trying to essentially dampen demand for workers through higher interest rates — a rather inelegant tool to try to achieve that result — they’re just trying to manage that risk.

5. Lee Hardman:

   The relative attractiveness of the U.S. dollar has been boosted in the near-term by building concerns over the outlook for growth outside of the U.S., the rising probability of President (Donald) Trump winning a second term and further evidence of the ongoing resilience of the U..S economy, however, the Fed's reluctance to tighten policy should help to dampen upside potential for U.S. yields and the U.S. dollar.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=dampen
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Dampen
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dampen
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dampen
6. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=dampen