viscous damping

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viscous damping [′vis·kəs ′damp·iŋ]

(mechanical engineering)

A method of converting mechanical vibrational energy of a body into heat energy, in which a piston is attached to the body and is arranged to move through liquid or air in a cylinder or bellows that is attached to a support.

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