overdamp
English
Etymology
over- + damp
Verb
overdamp (third-person singular simple present overdamps, present participle overdamping, simple past and past participle overdamped)
- To damp a system more than would be necessary to prevent oscillation
Adjective
overdamp (comparative more overdamp, superlative most overdamp)
- overly damp.
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- 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.
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