A damper is a device that deadens, restrains, or depresses. It may refer to:

Music

* Damper pedal, a device that mutes musical tones, particularly in stringed instruments * A mute for various brass instruments

Structure

* Damper (flow), a mechanical device in a duct or chimney that regulates airflow * Stockbridge damper, used to suppress wind-induced vibrations on taut cables *

Tuned mass damper A tuned mass damper (TMD), also known as a harmonic absorber or seismic damper, is a device mounted in structures to reduce mechanical vibrations, consisting of a mass mounted on one or more Damping ratio, damped springs. Its oscillation frequ ...

, a device mounted in structures to prevent discomfort, damage or structural failure by vibration

Other uses

Damper (food) Damper is a thick homemade soda bread traditionally prepared by early European settlers in Australia. The bread is different from bush bread, which has been made by Indigenous Australians for thousands of years and was traditionally made by cr ...

, a bread of the Australian Outback *

Dashpot A dashpot, also known as a damper, is a mechanical device that resists motion via viscous friction. The resulting force is proportional to the velocity, but acts in the opposite direction, slowing the motion and absorbing energy. It is commonly us ...

, a type of hydraulic or mechanical damper *

Shock absorber A shock absorber or damper is a mechanical or hydraulic device designed to absorb and damp shock impulses. It does this by converting the kinetic energy of the shock into another form of energy (typically heat) which is then dissipated. Mos ...

(British or technical use: ''damper''), a mechanical device designed to dissipate kinetic energy * An item of boiler technology used to regulate the fire * In electronics, a kind of diode intended to absorb energy peaks, normally generated by inductive circuitry

Music

Structure

Other uses

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