| damper [`dam·pǝr] ELECTRONICS A diode used in the horizontal deflection circuit of a television receiver to make the sawtooth deflection current decrease smoothly to zero instead of oscillating at zero; the diode conducts each time the polarity is reversed by a current swing below zero. MECHANICAL ENGINEERING A valve or movable plate for regulating the flow of air or the draft in a stove, furnace, or fireplace. |