noun. The gradual reduction of excessive oscillation, vibration, or signal intensity, and therefore of instability in a mechanical or electrical device, by a substance or some aspect of the device.

noun. In bleaching, a process by which a certain amount of moisture is added to a fabric after starching, to prepare it for finishing.

noun. The process or method of retarding or stopping the action of a vibrating or oscillating body, as a magnetic needle. See damp, v. t., 7.

noun. The stopping of the tendency to surge or hunt, in synchronous machines, as alternating-current generators or synchronous motors or converters, by means of closed low-resistance copper turns inserted in the pole-faces of the magnetic field. See amortisseur.

noun. Premature decay in plants, especially young seedlings, attributed to excessive moisture. See damp, 6.

verb. Present participle of damp.

noun. The reduction in the magnitude of oscillations by the dissipation of energy

noun. The stabilization of a physical system by reducing oscillation

"The machine turns on a dime and the suspension damping is absolutely stellar."

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