Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

overdamped

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: over-damped
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Possessing a damping ratio greater than 1.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English damped English overdamped From over- + damped.

Inflected Forms

more overdamped (comparative) most overdamped (superlative)

Questions

What does overdamped mean?: Possessing a damping ratio greater than 1.
Where does overdamped come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English damped English overdamped From over- + damped.

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