"dashpot" meaning in English

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        "A mechanical damping device consisting of a piston that moves through a viscous fluid (usually oil); used, in conjunction with a spring, in shock absorbers."
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          "mechanical",
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        [
          "damping",
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        [
          "device",
          "device"
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        [
          "piston",
          "piston"
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        [
          "viscous",
          "viscous"
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          "fluid",
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          "oil",
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          "spring",
          "spring"
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          "shock absorber",
          "shock absorber"
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        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "damping device",
          "word": "緩衝器"
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        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "huǎnchōngqì",
          "sense": "damping device",
          "word": "缓冲器"
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        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "damping device",
          "word": "減震器"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "jiǎnzhènqì",
          "sense": "damping device",
          "word": "减震器"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "zǔníqì",
          "sense": "damping device",
          "word": "阻尼器"
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          "sense": "damping device",
          "word": "vaimennussylinteri"
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          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "damping device",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "piston (d'amortisseur)"
        },
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "note": "with air",
          "roman": "vozdúšnyj búfer",
          "sense": "damping device",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "возду́шный бу́фер"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "note": "with oil",
          "roman": "másljanyj búfer",
          "sense": "damping device",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "ма́сляный бу́фер"
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          "roman": "amortizátor",
          "sense": "damping device",
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          "word": "амортиза́тор"
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "damping device",
      "word": "緩衝器"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "huǎnchōngqì",
      "sense": "damping device",
      "word": "缓冲器"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "damping device",
      "word": "減震器"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jiǎnzhènqì",
      "sense": "damping device",
      "word": "减震器"
    },
    {
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zǔníqì",
      "sense": "damping device",
      "word": "阻尼器"
    },
    {
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "damping device",
      "word": "vaimennussylinteri"
    },
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      "sense": "damping device",
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      "word": "piston (d'amortisseur)"
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      "note": "with air",
      "roman": "vozdúšnyj búfer",
      "sense": "damping device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "возду́шный бу́фер"
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "note": "with oil",
      "roman": "másljanyj búfer",
      "sense": "damping device",
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      "word": "ма́сляный бу́фер"
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      "sense": "damping device",
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      "word": "амортиза́тор"
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