What is the meaning of Damper?

Something that damps or checks:

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. Something that kills the mood.
  4. A device that decreases the oscillations of a system.
  5. A shock absorber.

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.

A shock absorber.

Bread made from a basic recipe of flour, water, milk, and salt, but without yeast.

comparative form of damp: more damp

steamer, steamboat, steamship

present of dampe

a steamer

indefinite plural of damp

present of dampe

dump truck, dumper

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