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['dæmpə(r)]n ( MUS)to put a damper on ( fig) — enthusiasm etc ostudzić ( perf) +acc
* * *1) (something which lessens the strength of enthusiasm, interest etc: Her presence cast a damper on the proceedings.) zimny prysznic2) (a movable plate for controlling the draught eg in a stove.) szyber -
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damper — ► NOUN 1) a pad silencing a piano string. 2) a device for reducing vibration or oscillation. 3) a movable metal plate in a flue or chimney, used to regulate the draught. ● put a damper on Cf. ↑put a damper on … English terms dictionary
damper block — noun damper consisting of a small felted block that drops onto a piano string to stop its vibration • Syn: ↑piano damper • Hypernyms: ↑damper, ↑muffler • Part Holonyms: ↑piano action … Useful english dictionary
damper — noun (C) 1 a piece of equipment that stops a piano string from making a sound 2 a piece of metal that is opened or closed to control how strongly a fire burns 3 put a damper on to affect something in a way that makes people sad, disappointed, or… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
damper — I (depressant) noun backset, bleakness, cheerlessness, chill, cloud, crushed spirits, depressing influence, discouragement, disheartener, downheartedness, feeling of dejection, feeling of depression, gloom, glumness, heaviness, heaviness of… … Law dictionary
damper — noun Date: 1707 1. a dulling or deadening influence < put a damper on the celebration > 2. a device that damps: as a. a valve or plate (as in the flue of a furnace) for regulating the draft b. a small felted block to stop the vibration of a piano … New Collegiate Dictionary
damper — of a piano, 1783; of a chimney, 1788; agent noun from DAMP (Cf. damp) (q.v.). Either or both led to various figurative senses … Etymology dictionary
damper — noun 1》 Music a pad that silences a piano string except when it is removed by means of a pedal or by the key being struck. 2》 a device for reducing vibration or oscillation. 3》 a movable metal plate in a flue or chimney, used to regulate the… … English new terms dictionary
damper — noun the presence of the wretched Inez puts a damper on our fun Syn: curb, check, restraint, restriction, limit, limitation, constraint, rein, brake, control, impediment; chill, pall, gloom … Thesaurus of popular words
damper winding — noun : a short circuited squirrel cage winding placed in the pole faces and around the pole shoes of synchronous machines, the currents induced in the winding by the periodic variations in synchronous speed having the effect of a damper called… … Useful english dictionary
damper — noun a) That which damps or checks; as: (a) A valve or movable plate in the flue or other part of a stove, furnace, etc., used to check or regulate the draught of air. b) Bread made from a basic recipe of … Wiktionary
damper pedal — noun : the pedal that controls the set of dampers on a piano called also loud pedal, sustaining pedal * * * Music. a pedal on a piano that when depressed with the foot raises the dampers and permits the strings to vibrate and sustain the tone.… … Useful english dictionary