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The art of teaching motion to calm down before it embarrasses everyone.
means The process of reducing oscillation or vibration over time by draining a system's energy.
from From 'damp,' once meaning to dull or stifle vapor and fumes, later borrowed by physics to mean stifling a system's wiggling.
Critical sweet spotCritically damped systems settle fastest without overshooting.
Shock absorbersYour car relies on damping every single bump.
Not dampeningDamping reduces motion; dampening makes things wet.
Earthquake defenseSkyscrapers hide giant dampers to resist swaying.