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dashpot

noun

Etymology

From dash + pot.

  1. inherited from *budnós✻
  2. inherited from *puttaz✻
  3. derived from *pott✻
  4. derived from pot — “pot”
  5. inherited from pott
  6. inherited from pot
  7. compounded as dashpot — “dash + pot”

Definitions

  1. A mechanical damping device consisting of a piston that moves through a viscous fluid…

    A mechanical damping device consisting of a piston that moves through a viscous fluid (usually oil); used, in conjunction with a spring, in shock absorbers.

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