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undamped

American  
[uhn-dampt] / ʌnˈdæmpt /

adjective

  1. not damped or dampened; undiminished, as in energy, vigor, etc..

    undamped spirits.

  2. Physics. (of an oscillation) having constant or increasing amplitude.


undamped British  
/ ʌnˈdæmpt /

adjective

  1. (of an oscillating system) having unrestricted motion; not damped

  2. not repressed, discouraged, or subdued; undiminished

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of undamped

First recorded in 1735–45; un- 1 + damp + -ed 2

Example Sentences

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Consider an undamped system exhibiting simple harmonic motion.

From Textbooks • Mar. 30, 2016

In the real world, we never truly have an undamped system; –some damping always occurs.

From Textbooks • Mar. 30, 2016

Then, when the cerebral artery branch is undamped, additional blood spurts into the brain.

From Time Magazine Archive

But when I added undamped vibration at twelve thousand to fifteen thousand cycles per second, I could induce failure pretty quickly.

From The Trouble with Telstar by Schoenherr, John

The damper head sometimes turns round on its wire, leaving one or two strings undamped.

From Piano Tuning A Simple and Accurate Method for Amateurs by Fischer, J. Cree (Jerry Cree)

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