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underdamp

underdamp verb: to fail to sufficiently suppress vibrations in.

Verb

underdamp (third-person singular simple present underdamps, present participle underdamping, simple past and past participle underdamped)

  1. To fail to sufficiently suppress vibrations in.
    • Tube amplifiers, by and large, tend to underdamp most modern loudspeakers, and although the richly liquid quality of their bass is very pleasing, the net result with some dynamic speakers may prove to be a somewhat floppy low end.1973, Popular Electronics - Volume 3, page 30
    • The arm may overdamp or underdamp slightly without causing problems, while still obtaining nearly all of damping's advantages.1975, High Fidelity - Volume 25, Issues 7-12, page 44

Noun

underdamp (countable and uncountable, plural underdamps)

  1. An underlying dampness.
    • The place where mushrooms grow should be free from underdamp and noxious vapors.1880, Thomas Meehan, Gardener's Monthly and Horticulturist - Volumes 22-26, page 78
    • Through purple vistaed underdamps The ripe-heart roses shone for lamps.1894, The Harvard Monthly - Volume 18, page 100

Examples of underdamp in a sentence

  • Refine the controller so that the robot does not oscillate about the center of the hallway (do not underdamp the controller).2010, Gregory Dudek, Michael Jenkin, Computational Principles of Mobile Robotics, →ISBN:
  • This spontaneous creation will melt into the underdamp unless a hot dry wind should suddenly rise and bake the pattern into a bed of cracked clay:2008, Philip Quirke, Journey to the Shore, →ISBN, page 22:

Forms of underdamp

Verb
third-person singular presentunderdamps
present participleunderdamping
past participleunderdamped
pastunderdamped
Noun
pluralunderdamps

Origin of underdamp

From under- + damp.

Questions about underdamp

What does underdamp mean?
Underdamp means to fail to sufficiently suppress vibrations in.
How do you use underdamp in a sentence?
Refine the controller so that the robot does not oscillate about the center of the hallway (do not underdamp the controller).
What part of speech is underdamp?
Underdamp can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of underdamp?
The past tense of underdamp is underdamped.

Words near underdamp in the dictionary

  1. undercuttingly
  2. undercuttings
  3. Underdahl
  4. Underdahls
  5. underdaks
  6. underdamp
  7. underdamped
  8. underdamper
  9. underdampers
  10. underdamping
  11. underdamps

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