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   damp·er

   /ˈdampər/

   noun

   • 1. a person or thing that has a depressing, subduing, or inhibiting effect: "another damper on reactor development was the problem of safeguards"
   • ▪ a pad that silences a piano string except when removed by means of a pedal or by the note being struck.
   • ▪ a device for reducing mechanical vibration, in particular a shock absorber on a motor vehicle.
   • ▪ a conductor used to reduce hunting in an electric motor or generator.
   • ▪ a movable metal plate in a flue or chimney, used to regulate the draft and so control the rate of combustion.

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