meaning of damper
1. That which damps or checks; as: (a) A valve or movable plate in the flue or other part of a stove, furnace, etc. , used to check or regulate the draught of air. (b) A contrivance, as in a pianoforte, to deaden vibrations; or, as in other pieces of mechanism, to check some action at a particular time.
2. a depressing restraint; "rain put a damper on our picnic
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