Dash-pot

Definitions: Dash-pot

Dash-pot

Noun

1. A mechanical damper; the vibrating part is attached to a piston that moves in a chamber filled with liquid.

Domain	Definitions
Physics	A vibration-damping device, consisting of a cylinder containing oil or air and fitted with a piston. Source: European Union. (references)
Mechanical Engineering	Hydraulic damping device in which movement of a piston forces oil through a small orifice, thus restricting movement. Often used as a speed control device for pneumatic cylinders. Source: European Union. (references)
	Small cylinder containing a piston, used to damp the movement of a part. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms by domain: dash pot (building & civil engineering, transportationchemical industry, meteorology & standards), dashing vessel (engineering & technology), dashpot (mechanical engineeringmechanical engineering, meteorology & standardsnuclear energy & physics), hydraulic shock absorber (engineering & technology), liquid damper, oscillation damper (european union, physics).

"Dash-pot" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Dash-pot" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	2	245,945

Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "dash-pot": spring-dash-pot.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language		Translations for "dash-pot"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		dæmper (damper, dashpot, dimmer, light regulator, rheostat), stoeddaemper (oscillation damper, shock absorber), oliestøddæmper (dashpot), oliedæmper (dashpot), hydraulisk bremsecylinder (dashpot). (various references)

Dutch		demper (damper, dashpot, theatre dimmer), trillingdemper (oscillation damper), olieremcilinder (dashpot), hydraulische snelheidsbegrenzer (dashpot). (various references)

Finnish		nestevaimennin (dashpot). (various references)

French		régulateur de vitesse (dashpot), amortisseur hydraulique (dashing vessel, dashpot, liquid damper), amortisseur � fluide (dashing vessel, dashpot, liquid damper), amortisseur (damper, dash pot, dashpot, oscillation damper). (various references)

German		Dämpfer (attenuator, damper, dampers, dashpot, muffle, muffler, mute, muting, steamer), Stossdaempfer (oscillation damper, shock absorber), Schwingungsdaempfer (oscillation damper), hydraulischer Bremszylinder (dashpot). (various references)

Greek		υδραυλική πέδη (dashpot), αποσβεστήρας με ρευστά (dashpot). (various references)

Italian		amortizzatore a fluido (dashpot), ammortizzatore (absorber, buffer, damper, dashpot, oscillation damper, shock absorber). (various references)

Pig Latin		ash-potday.(various references)

Portuguese		regulador de velocidade hidropneumático (dashpot), amortecedor de fluido (dashpot), amortecedor (absorber, bearer, bolster, buffer, bumper, cushion, damper, dashpot, mufti, oscillation damper, pad, shock absorber, shock absorbing). (various references)

Russian		воздушный или масляный буфер, амортизатор (buffer, damper, shock absorber, shock adsorber). (various references)

Spanish		amortiguador hidráulico (dashpot), amortiguador (absorber, air cushion, buffer, cushioning, damper, dash pot, dashpot, muffler, oscillation damper, shock absorber, shock absorbing, shock-absorber, stop). (various references)

Swedish		hydraulisk bromscylinder (dashpot). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: dashpot.
	Words within the letters "a-d-h-o-p-s-t"
	-1 letter: adopts, pathos, potash.
	-2 letters: adopt, apods, datos, doats, dopas, hadst, hosta, oaths, opahs, paths, phots, shoat, spado, staph, toads, tophs.
	-3 letters: ados, apod, atop, dahs, daps, dash, dato, doat, dopa, dost, doth, dots, haps, hasp, hast, hats, hods, hops, host, hots, oast, oath, oats, opah, opts, pads, pash, past, path, pats, phat, phot, pods, posh, post, pots, shad, shat, shod, shop, shot, soap, soda, soph, soth, spat, spot, stoa, stop, tads, taos, taps, toad, tods, toph, tops, tosh.
	-4 letters: ado, ads, apt, ash, asp, dah, dap, dos, dot, had, hao, hap, has, hat, hod, hop, hot, oat, ods, ohs, ops, opt, pad, pah, pas, pat, pht, pod, poh, pot, sad, sap, sat, sha, sod, sop, sot, spa, tad, tao, tap, tas, tho, tod, top.
	-5 letters: ad, ah, as, at, do, ha, ho, od, oh, op, os, pa, sh, so, ta, to.
	Words containing the letters "a-d-h-o-p-s-t"
	+1 letter: dashpots, hardtops, hoptoads, potheads, potshard.
	+2 letters: potshards.
	+3 letters: arthropods, rhapsodist.
	+4 letters: anthropoids, atmosphered, diastrophic, diphosphate, methyldopas, parenthoods, patchboards, phosphatide, photostated, postholiday, radiophotos, rhapsodists, snapshotted.
	+5 letters: apotheosized, cycadophytes, diaphoretics, diastrophism, dictatorship, diphosphates, hospitalised, hospitalized, hydropathies, hypostatized, orthopaedics, parathyroids, paratyphoids, pentahedrons, phagocytosed, phosphatides, phosphatidic, phosphatidyl, phosphatized, photostatted.
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