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overdamp

verb

Etymology

From over- + damp.

  1. derived from *dampaz✻
  2. derived from dampen
  3. inherited from dampen — “to stifle; suffocate”
  4. prefixed as overdamp — “over + damp”

Definitions

  1. To damp a system more than would be necessary to prevent oscillation

  2. overly damp.

    • One day, as her husband was ill, she went into the field to help gather in potatoes; the overdamp soil was rotting them, and there was no time to be lost.

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