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Dampener

noun
1.
A device that dampens or moistens something.  Synonym: moistener.






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"Dampener" Quotes from Famous Books



... acting as a more or less effective screen, in the true meaning of the word, the conducting tube or coating may also act, by reason of its conductivity, as a sort of equalizer or dampener of the bombardment against the stem. To be explicit, I assume the action as follows: Suppose a rhythmical bombardment to occur against the conducting tube by reason of its imperfect action as a screen, it certainly must happen that some molecules, or atoms, ...
— Experiments with Alternate Currents of High Potential and High - Frequency • Nikola Tesla



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