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dashpot

dashpot noun: a mechanical damping device consisting of a piston that moves through a viscous fluid (usually oil); used, in conjunction with a spring, in shock absorbers.

Noun

dashpot (plural dashpots)

  1. A mechanical damping device consisting of a piston that moves through a viscous fluid (usually oil); used, in conjunction with a spring, in shock absorbers.

dashpot meaning in Tamil

dashpot in Tamil

அதிர்வுத்தணி

Forms of dashpot

pluraldashpots

Origin of dashpot

From dash + pot.

Questions about dashpot

What does dashpot mean?
Dashpot means a mechanical damping device consisting of a piston that moves through a viscous fluid (usually oil); used, in conjunction with a spring, in shock absorbers.
What is dashpot in Tamil?
Dashpot in Tamil is அதிர்வுத்தணி. See Dashpot meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is dashpot?
Dashpot is a noun.
What is the plural of dashpot?
The plural of dashpot is dashpots.

Words near dashpot in the dictionary

  1. Dashnaws
  2. Dashner
  3. Dashners
  4. dashpoint
  5. dashpoints
  6. dashpot
  7. dashpots
  8. Dashrath
  9. dasht
  10. Dasht-e Kavir
  11. dashtop

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dashpot (page history and authors); dashpot (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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