"overdamp" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "over- + damp",
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      "form": "overdamps",
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        "To damp a system more than would be necessary to prevent oscillation"
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      "form": "more overdamp",
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          "text": "One day, as her husband was ill, she went into the field to help gather in potatoes; the overdamp soil was rotting them, and there was no time to be lost.",
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