underdamp

present singular third person underdamps · participle present underdamping · participle past underdamped · past underdamped

1. To fail to sufficiently suppress vibrations in.

   Refine the controller so that the robot does not oscillate about the center of the hallway (do not underdamp the controller).

   2010, Gregory Dudek, Michael Jenkin, Computational Principles of Mobile Robotics, →ISBN

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   Tube amplifiers, by and large, tend to underdamp most modern loudspeakers, and although the richly liquid quality of their bass is very pleasing, the net result with some dynamic speakers may prove to be a somewhat floppy low end.

   1973, Popular Electronics - Volume 3, page 30

   The arm may overdamp or underdamp slightly without causing problems, while still obtaining nearly all of damping's advantages.

   1975, High Fidelity - Volume 25, Issues 7-12, page 44

plural underdamps

1. countableuncountableAn underlying dampness.

   Through purple vistaed underdamps The ripe-heart roses shone for lamps.

   1894, The Harvard Monthly - Volume 18, page 100

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   The place where mushrooms grow should be free from underdamp and noxious vapors.

   1880, Thomas Meehan, Gardener's Monthly and Horticulturist - Volumes 22-26, page 78

   This spontaneous creation will melt into the underdamp unless a hot dry wind should suddenly rise and bake the pattern into a bed of cracked clay:

   2008, Philip Quirke, Journey to the Shore, →ISBN, page 22