overdamp
overdamp verb: to damp a system more than would be necessary to prevent oscillation.
Verb
overdamp (third-person singular simple present overdamps, present participle overdamping, simple past and past participle overdamped)
- To damp a system more than would be necessary to prevent oscillation
Adjective
overdamp (comparative more overdamp, superlative most overdamp)
- overly damp.
- One day, as her husband was ill, she went into the field to help gather in potatoes; the overdamp soil was rotting them, and there was no time to be lost.2013, Sarah Bernhardt, My Double Life: The Memoirs of Sarah Bernhardt, →ISBN
Forms of overdamp
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | overdamps |
| present participle | overdamping |
| past participle | overdamped |
| past | overdamped |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more overdamp |
| superlative | most overdamp |
Origin of overdamp
From over- + damp.
Questions about overdamp
- What does overdamp mean?
- Overdamp means to damp a system more than would be necessary to prevent oscillation.
- What part of speech is overdamp?
- Overdamp can be a verb or an adjective.
- What is the past tense of overdamp?
- The past tense of overdamp is overdamped.
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