damper (redirected from puts a damper on)

damper

1. a movable plate to regulate the draught in a stove or furnace flue

2. a device to reduce electronic, mechanical, acoustic, or aerodynamic oscillations in a system

3. Music the pad in a piano or harpsichord that deadens the vibration of each string as its key is released

---

damper [′dam·pər]

(electronics)

A diode used in the horizontal deflection circuit of a television receiver to make the sawtooth deflection current decrease smoothly to zero instead of oscillating at zero; the diode conducts each time the polarity is reversed by a current swing below zero.

(mechanical engineering)

A valve or movable plate for regulating the flow of air or the draft in a stove, furnace, or fireplace.