overdamp

verb, adj — 2 senses

overdamp

verb

Etymology From over- + damp.

1

To damp a system more than would be necessary to prevent oscillation

overdamp

adj

Etymology From over- + damp.

1

overly damp.

One day, as her husband was ill, she went into the field to help gather in potatoes; the overdamp soil was rotting them, and there was no time to be lost.2013, Sarah Bernhardt, My Double Life: The Memoirs of Sarah Bernhardt, →ISBN:

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