verb.
Simple past tense and past participle of damp.
adjective.
stopped from smouldering and reigniting by the application of water
adjective.
(of an oscillation) that decreases in amplitude over time, especially because of the use of a damper
Word Usage
"In math, this idea is represented as a limit of a function oscillating and eventually approaching an asymptote; in physics this is known as damped oscillations (for all the math and science geeks)."