(n.) A gaseous product, formed in coal mines, old wells, pints, etc.
(superl.) Being in a state between dry and wet; moderately wet; moist; humid.
(superl.) Dejected; depressed; sunk.
(n.) To render damp; to moisten; to make humid, or moderately wet; to dampen; as, to damp cloth.
(n.) To put out, as fire; to depress or deject; to deaden; to cloud; to check or restrain, as action or vigor; to make dull; to weaken; to discourage.
Example Sentences:
(1) Of great influence on the results of measurements are preparation and registration (warm-up-time, amplification, closeness of pressure-system, unhurt catheters), factors relating to equipment and methods (air-bubbles in pressure-system, damping by filters, continuous infusion of the micro-catheter, level of zero-pressure), factors which occur during intravital measurement (pressure-drop along the arteria pulmonalis, influence of normal breathing, great intrapleural pressure changes, pressure damping in the catheter by thrombosis and external disturbances) and last not least positive and negative acceleration forces, which influence the diastolic and systolic pulmonary artery pressure.
(2) These two quantities were used to calculate the damping factor.
(3) Children still received an education, it was just that increasing numbers did so in damp and dilapidated buildings.
(4) Bloody odd combination but those Orange Foam Headphones would blast those magnificent records into my developing brain over and over again" chernypyos – Björk's Human Behavior and Sinead O'Connor's Fire On Babylon: "bjork's 'human behavior' and sinead o'connor's "fire on babylon" oddly stick in my head from that one evening walking in the woods, breathing the damp air, and feeling pleasantly invisible" Pyromancer – REM – Automatic for the People Blood Sugar Sex Magic Pearl Jam - Vs RATM's first album Portishead Maxinquaye by Tricky Manic Street Preachers – Gold Against the Soul Smashing Pumpkins, Siamese Dream "I used to go to the local library and take out a CD (50p for 3 weeks!
(5) The frequency distribution of the natural, damped and resonance frequencies of the second-order activities was found to show one, two or three modes in each frequency range of the delta, theta and beta rhythms in ninety normal adult EEGs.
(6) vittatus eggs laid on damp mud were placed in dry rockpools for 10 weeks and kept dry for a further 6 weeks in the laboratory.
(7) It’s a damp squib, a bit of a nothing result,” a leading energy analyst said of a report that is widely expected to endorse provisional findings released in March , and recommend price controls on prepayment meters and setting up a customer database to help rival suppliers target customers stuck on expensive default tariffs.
(8) Performing this reaction in H2 18O gave [18O]dps(ATCGTC) (a pentamer containing an 18O-labeled 5'-phosphorothioate) which was converted to [18O]dAMPS with nuclease P1.
(9) The damping time of the acceleration wave also had a negative correlation with age.
(10) The former time-pattern displays a fast rise and an exponential decay, while the latter exhibits a damped sine wave.
(11) Studies of activity levels indicate that tsetse flies should aggregate in damp situations where the activity levels is minimal, whereas in practice the flies are distributed throughout the whole of gradient.
(12) In response to dynamic forces the platform showed a resononance frequency of about 50 Hz, with a damping factor of 0.15.
(13) 4-DAMP (4-diphenylacetoxy N-methylpiperidine; a M3-receptor antagonist), strongly inhibited the ACh-induced constrictions.
(14) 4-Diphenylacetoxy-1:1-dimethyl cyclohexane (carbo-4-DAMP) is the carbon analogue of 4-diphenylacetoxy-N-methylpiperidine (4-DAMP) methiodide.
(15) Posture control performance was quantified in three variables (swiftness, stiffness, damping).
(16) The first 2 ms of these transients were described by a linear model in which the fibre is regarded as a rod composed of infinitesimally small, identical segments containing a mass, one undamped elastic element and in the case of relaxed fibres two damped elastic elements in series, or in the case of activated fibres three such elastic elements in series.
(17) This would implicate the existence of a dynamic control through which the sensory system may register and damp the pressure response.
(18) Trying to solve those problems by closing the borders is like trying to deal with rising damp by bolting your front door Trying to solve those problems by closing the borders is like trying to deal with rising damp by bolting your front door.
(19) Response is dependent upon the external impulse plus system inertia, damping and stiffness.
(20) In humans, ethanol produces a slow damped oscillation in the steady electrical potential of the eye, which is generated primarily by the RPE.
Tamp
Definition:
(v. t.) In blasting, to plug up with clay, earth, dry sand, sod, or other material, as a hole bored in a rock, in order to prevent the force of the explosion from being misdirected.
(v. t.) To drive in or down by frequent gentle strokes; as, to tamp earth so as to make a smooth place.
Example Sentences:
(1) The results support the use by physical therapists of two parallel versions of the TAMP to describe the motor performance of adults and school-aged children with physical disabilities.
(2) The Tufts Assessment of Motor Performance (TAMP) was administered to 69 children (ages 6-18 years, X = 12.1, SD = 3.9) and 137 adults (ages 19-83 years, X = 46.7, SD = 20.0) with neurological and musculoskeletal impairments.
(3) The Tamp cells are found in the spleens of donor mice at 6 days after immunization with cryptococcal antigen, and they amplify the anticryptococcal DTH response when transferred to syngeneic recipients at the time of immunization of the recipients.
(4) At the same time, he tamped down speculation that US warplanes would strike Isis in Syria as well as Iraq.
(5) The cohesiveness of size fractions of acetylsalicylic acid and lactose alone and in various combinations has been determined by estimation of the rate of decrease in volume as a function of tamping under standard conditions.
(6) The structure of 2-BDB-TAMP was determined by UV, 1H NMR, and 13C NMR spectroscopy as well as by bromide and phosphorus analysis.
(7) The rate constant (kobs) for loss of ADP activation exhibits a nonlinear dependence on 2-BDB-TAMP concentration, suggesting a reversible binding of reagent (KR = 0.74 mM) prior to irreversible modification.
(8) Hillary Clinton’s mea culpa at the United Nations on Tuesday was supposed to tamp down the scandal over her use of a private email address as secretary of state.
(9) While Clinton’s campaign has long gone out of its way to tamp down expectations in Iowa, it is also worth noting that the closest analogue to her 2016 candidacy in modern times, that of then vice-president Al Gore in 2000, received more than 63% of the Iowan vote.
(10) At 1.2 mM 2-BDB-TAMP, kobs = 0.060 min-1 and is not affected by alpha-ketoglutarate or GTP, but is decreased to 0.020 min-1 by 5 mM NADH and to zero by 5 mM ADP.
(11) The NSA has been extraordinarily careful not to lose her support, even as she has bristled against its spying on foreign leaders and tamped down internal committee challenges to the NSA.
(12) The California Correctional Peace Officers Association, a union representing 27,400 members, has defended their right to select inmates for solitary confinement and to determine the punishment's duration, saying it helps to tamp down violence.
(13) Cash register operation, regardless of register system, caused static load (mean) in the thoracic erector spinae at 4.1-6.2 TAMP% (Time-Averaged Myoelectrical Potential), in the infraspinatus at 2.9-5.8 TAMP%, and in the trapezius at 2.8-3.8 TAMP%.
(14) The preoperative recognition of the CA I-IV and NC III fracture types proved essential to the successful resection of five Type I, five Type II, 36 Type III, and ten Type IV fragments through extended laminotomies, hemilaminectomies, and laminectomies with the down biting curette, tamp, and mallet technique.
(15) Two of the compounds, L-bis (1-thio-2-amino-4-methylpentane) dihydrochloride (TAMP) and L-bis (1-thio-2-amino-3-phenylpropane) dihydrochloride (TAPP), caused significant inhibition.
(16) The final product was generated by reaction of TAMP with 1,4-dibromobutanedione.
(17) The cancellous and cortical bone from the window is then tamped in behind the patella tendon, buttressing the tendon, and permitting the knee a full unguarded range of motion on the operating table.
(18) An evaluation of seven compaction parameters revealed that all tamping stations and all piston positions within a station, with the exception of station #1, contribute equally to plug formation.
(19) We have to lift them up and not deny them or try to tamp them down, but to try to understand them and figure out how to make more progress.” “We need to recognise that the situation in Ferguson speaks to the broader problems that we still face as a nation,” he added.
(20) In contrast, when Ts1 cells were given at the time of adoptive transfer of Tamp cells, the recipients displayed amplified DTH responses, indicating that Ts1 cells do not affect the Tamp cells' function once the Tamp cells have been produced.