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damping ratio

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.90 in modern English

Syllables
damp-ing ra-tio
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A dimensionless measure of the damping in second-order linear dynamic system, appearing as the term ζ in the generalised equation of motion for such a system, ̈q+2ζωₙ̇q+ωₙ²q=F.

Inflected Forms

damping ratios (plural)

Phrases

critically damped

Frequently Paired Words

undamped damped underdamped critically damped overdamped

Questions

What does damping ratio mean?
A dimensionless measure of the damping in second-order linear dynamic system, appearing as the term ζ in the generalised equation of motion for such a system, ̈q+2ζωₙ̇q+ωₙ²q=F.

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