dashpot

American  

[dash-pot] / ˈdæʃˌpɒt /

noun

1. a device for cushioning, damping, or reversing the motion of a piece of machinery, consisting of a cylinder in which a piston operates to create a pressure or vacuum on an enclosed gas or to force a fluid in or out of the chamber through narrow openings.

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dashpot British  

/ ˈdæʃˌpɒt /

noun

1. a device for damping vibrations; the vibrating part is attached to a piston moving in a liquid-filled cylinder

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Etymology

Origin of dashpot

First recorded in 1860–65; dash ¹ + pot ¹

Example Sentences

Figure 7.5 A dashpot is a pneumatic cylinder that dampens the motion of an oscillating system.

From Textbooks • Mar. 30, 2016

The system is attached to a dashpot that imparts a damping force equal to eight times the instantaneous velocity of the mass.

From Textbooks • Mar. 30, 2016

The system is attached to a dashpot that imparts a damping force equal to 14 times the instantaneous velocity of the mass.

From Textbooks • Mar. 30, 2016

The dashpot imparts a damping force equal to 48,000 times the instantaneous velocity of the lander.

From Textbooks • Mar. 30, 2016

No dashpot is necessary on this valve, the compression of the steam in the chamber W by the fall of the piston being sufficient to avoid shock.

From Steam Turbines A Book of Instruction for the Adjustment and Operation of the Principal Types of this Class of Prime Movers by Collins, Hubert E. (Hubert Edwin)