damping

English

Verb

damping

1. present participle and gerund of damp

Noun

damping (countable and uncountable, plural dampings)

1. A dampening; a making wet.
2. (mechanics) The reduction in the magnitude of oscillations by the dissipation of energy
3. (mechanics) The stabilization of a physical system by reducing oscillation

Derived terms

• antidamping
• damping ratio

Translations

the stabilization of a physical system by reducing oscillation

• French: amortissement (fr) m
• Indonesian: redaman (id)
• Italian: smorzamento (it)
• Malay: pelembapan
• Portuguese: amortecimento (pt) m

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈdampiŋ/ [ˈdam.pɪŋ]
• Rhymes: -ampiŋ
• Syllabification: dam‧ping

Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay دمڤيڠ (damping, “adjacency; juxtaposition”).

Adjective

damping

1. close by
2. near by
3. adjacent

Derived terms

• berdamping
• berdampingan
• berpendamping
• dampingan
• didampingi
• didampingkan
• kedampingan
• mendampingi
• mendampingkan
• pendamping
• pendampingan

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Javanese ꦝꦩ꧀ꦥꦶꦁ (dhamping, “steep wall of a ravine”).

Noun

damping (plural damping-damping)

1. edge of the cliff

   Synonym: bibir jurang

Etymology 3

Verb

damping

1. Alternative spelling of dampeng

Etymology 4

Noun

damping (plural damping-damping)

1. Alternative spelling of dumping

Further reading

• “damping” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Middle English

Noun

damping

1. Alternative form of dampnynge

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From dampe +‎ -ing.

Noun

damping f or m (definite singular dampinga or dampingen, indefinite plural dampinger, definite plural dampingene)

1. steaming (of something)

References

• “dampe” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From dampe +‎ -ing.

Noun

damping f (definite singular dampinga, indefinite plural dampingar, definite plural dampingane)

1. steaming (of something)

Turkish

Etymology

From English dumping.

Noun

damping (definite accusative dampingi, plural dampingler)

1. (business) dumping (anticompetitive business practice)

References

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “damping”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1095