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Dictionary definition for: Damper

1. (n) a movable iron plate that regulates the draft in a stove or chimney or furnace

2. (n) a device that decreases the amplitude of electronic, mechanical, acoustical, or aerodynamic oscillations

3. (n) a depressing restraint; "rain put a damper on our picnic plans"

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