top | item 40513278 (no title) oldkinglog | 1 year ago Why can't "dampen" be applied to oscillators? It means "To lessen; to dull; to make less intense" in this case. discuss order hn newest 93po|1 year ago i think the point is that it's one of those words misused so widely that dictionaries updated the definition to include the incorrect use.dampen means to make something wet, or at least originally that's what it meant zerd|1 year ago According to https://www.etymonline.com/word/dampen it's meant "to dull or deaden, make weak" from 1630s and "to moisten, make humid" from 1827.
93po|1 year ago i think the point is that it's one of those words misused so widely that dictionaries updated the definition to include the incorrect use.dampen means to make something wet, or at least originally that's what it meant zerd|1 year ago According to https://www.etymonline.com/word/dampen it's meant "to dull or deaden, make weak" from 1630s and "to moisten, make humid" from 1827.
zerd|1 year ago According to https://www.etymonline.com/word/dampen it's meant "to dull or deaden, make weak" from 1630s and "to moisten, make humid" from 1827.
93po|1 year ago
dampen means to make something wet, or at least originally that's what it meant
zerd|1 year ago