the introduction of resistance into a resonant circuit with the result that the sharpness of response at the peak of a frequencyis reduced
4. engineering
any method of dispersing energy in a vibrating system
damping in Mechanical Engineering
(dæmpɪŋ)
noun
(Mechanical engineering: Mechanics and dynamics)
Damping is a reduction in vibration over a period of time.
Damping will eventually bring a vibrating object to rest.
A damping mechanism suppresses vibrations of the structure.
Damping is a reduction in vibration over a period of time.
damping in Electrical Engineering
(dæmpɪŋ)
noun
(Electrical engineering: Circuits, Electrical power, Computing and control)
Damping is the decrease in the amplitude of an oscillation or wave motion with time.
Resonance is the increase of amplitude as damping decreases and frequency approaches resonant frequency of a damped simple harmonicoscillator.
Damping devices are used on overhead power transmission lines to prevent conductor damagedue to vibration induced by shedding of wind.
Damping is the decrease in the amplitude of an oscillation or wave motion with time.
Examples of 'damping' in a sentence
damping
Very soon, she wasn't thinking about underwear any more because the passion she'd been damping down for months came rushing to the fore.
Cathy Kelly JUST BETWEEN US (2002)
All related terms of 'damping'
damp
Something that is damp is slightly wet.
damping off
any of various diseases of plants, esp the collapse and death of seedlings caused by the parasitic fungus Pythium debaryanum and related fungi in conditions of excessive moisture
critical damping
the minimum amount of viscous damping that results in a displaced system returning to its original position without oscillation
damp off
(of plants, seedlings , shoots, etc) to be affected by damping off
damp down
To damp down something such as a strong emotion , an argument , or a crisis means to make it calmer or less intense .