Noun:

आघात का निर्बल करनेवाला, शब्द-प्रशामक यंत्र, आवाज़-रोक, गीला करनेवाला, तर करनेवाला, स्पंज,

damper's Usage Examples:

Draught is regulated in the ashpit by opening or closing the bottom door of the furnace and by the damper on the smoke shaft.

It is advantageous to possess a variety of soils; and if the garden be on a slope it will often be practicable to render the upper part light and dry, while the lower remains of a heavier and damper nature.

As a verb, the word means to stifle or check; hence damped vibrations or oscillations are those which have been reduced or stopped, instead of being allowed to die out naturally; the "dampers" of the piano are small pieces of feltcovered wood which fall upon the strings and stop their vibrations as the keys are allowed to rise; and the "damper" of a chimney or flue, by restricting the draught, lessens the rate of combustion.

furnaces are connected with the same chimney stack, the damper takes the form of a sliding plate in the mouth of the connecting flue, so that the draught in one may be modified without affecting the others.

damper G, which may be raised or lowered by a chain reaching to the ground, and serves for regulating the speed of the exhaust gases, and thereby the draught of air through the fire.

Below the entry W of the air-blast there is a throttle valve d which is closed as soon as the damper S opens the gas canal; thus a second security against the production of a mixture of air and gas is afforded.

The suggestion that the eating of cakes of unleavened bread, similar to the Australian "damper," was due to the exigencies of the harvest does not meet the case, since it does not explain the seven days and is incongruous with the fact that the first sheaf of the harvest was put to the sickle not earlier than the third day of the feast.

This region, very fertile in the valleys and enjoying a cooler and damper climate than the lower plains, is densely populated, and agriculture and cattle-breeding are carried on extensively.

Now his father was putting a damper on it with his all consuming, self-serving plots.

"Kinda puts a damper on any conversation," she said.

Synonyms:

dash-pot, damper block, device, shock absorber, piano damper, shock, muffler, cushion,

Antonyms:

indiscipline, intemperance, unrestraint,