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yes, really any soft surfaces will damp[0] (not "dampen") sound, but the techniques and materials can get very advanced (and expensive, and effective) 0 https:
by dingnuts 2y ago
yes, really any soft surfaces will damp[0] (not "dampen") sound, but the techniques and materials can get very advanced (and expensive, and effective)
0 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damping https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damping
- oaktowner 2y agoWhoa! Thanks for the clarification. As a word aficionado, I did not realize the correct form of this one.
- 93po 2y agoas a fellow pedant, i also really appreciated this clarification. i love it when i learn i've been saying something wrong!
- oldkinglog 2y agoWhy can't "dampen" be applied to oscillators? It means "To lessen; to dull; to make less intense" in this case.
- 93po 2y agoi think the point is that it's one of those words misused so widely that dictionaries updated the definition to include the incorrect use. dampen means to make something wet, or at least originally that's what it meant
- zerd 2y agoAccording to https://www.etymonline.com/word/dampen https://www.etymonline.com/word/dampen it's meant "to dull or deaden, make weak" from 1630s and "to moisten, make humid" from 1827.