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[Dan M]

Of course, according to English constables Merriam & Webster, Dampen is OK in this case:

 

dampening

One entry found.

 

Main Entry:damp·en

Pronunciation:\ˈdam-pən\

Function:verb

Inflected Form(s):damp·ened; damp·en·ing \ˈdamp-niŋ, ˈdam-pə-\

Date:1547

transitive verb

1 : to check or diminish the activity or vigor of : deaden

2 : to make damp

3 : damp 1c

intransitive verb

1 : to become damp

2 : to become deadened or depressed

— damp·en·er \-nər\ noun

 

Just a note from the freedom of word choice coalition.

[Guest ratchethack]

This, the correct form of the word, (as used on this thread and others), from Merriam-Webster online:

 

damper

 

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/damper

 

Main Entry: damp·er

Pronunciation: \ˈdam-pər\

Function: noun

Date: 1707

1: a dulling or deadening influence <put a damper on the celebration>

2: a device that damps: as a: a valve or plate (as in the flue of a furnace) for regulating the draft b: a small felted block to stop the vibration of a piano string cchiefly British : shock absorber

3Australian : a simple usually unleavened bread of a kind made originally in the Australian bush

 

Hence, the previously posted visual aid:

 

 

THIS^ is a STEERING DAMPER.

 

. . . . . .

 

dampener

 

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dampener

 

Main Entry: damp·en

Pronunciation: \ˈdam-pən\

Function: verb

Inflected Form(s): damp·ened; damp·en·ing \ˈdamp-niŋ, ˈdam-pə-\

Date: 1547

transitive verb

1 : to check or diminish the activity or vigor of : deaden <the heat dampened our spirits>

2 : to make damp <the shower barely dampened the ground>

3 : damp 1c

intransitive verb

1 : to become damp

2 : to become deadened or depressed

— damp·en·er \-nər\ noun

 

Hence, the previously posted visual aid:

 

 

THIS^ is a STEERING DAMPENER.

 

 

Indubitably brutal, ain't they?

[Dan M]

Hence, the previously posted visual aids:

 

 

THIS^ is a STEERING DAMPER.

 

 

THIS^ is a STEERING DAMPENER.

 

 

Agreed, as a noun like you are using it.

 

Although as Ben used it, "dampening fluid" the previous definition fits.

[DeBenGuzzi]

HA, so I was right while being wrong and it all came back around to go forward again, but wouldn't it make a better medium than oil?