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Noun

damper ( plural dampers )

1. That which damps or checks; as:

   (a) A valve or movable plate in the flue or other part of a stove, furnace, etc., used to check or regulate the draught of air.

   (b) A contrivance, as in a pianoforte, to deaden vibrations; or, as in other pieces of mechanism, to check some action at a particular time.

   (c) Something that kills the mood

   (d) A device that decreases the oscillations of a system.

   Quotations

   • Nor did Sabrina's presence seem to act as any damper at the modest little festivities. - W. Black

2. ( Australian English ) Bread made from a basic recipe of flour, water, milk, and salt: but without yeast.

   1827: The farm-men usually bake their flour into flat cakes, which they call dampers, and cook these in the ashes. — Peter Cunningham, Two Years in New South Wales , ii.190. Quoted in G. A. Wilkes, A Dictionary of Australian Colloquialisms , 1978, ISBN 0-424-00034-2.

Translations

• Dutch: dampkap f . (1a), afzuigkap f . (1a), demper m . (1b), domper m . (1c)

Adjective

1. Comparative of damp

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Binary		1100100 1100001 1101101 1110000 1100101 1110010
Hex		64616D706572
Pig Latin		amperday

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