"damping ratio" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: damping ratios [plural]
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  1. (physics, mathematics) 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. Wikipedia link: damping ratio Related terms: undamped, damped, underdamped, critically damped, overdamped

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