I bet you made that up Jeff. No one would call a dictionary
"Merriam-Webster" and expect to be taken seriously. It just goes to
show, that some people will just make up parts of the language to suit
their purposes ....
;-)
Chris
On 21 Dec 2004, at 17:45, Jeff Keller wrote:
>
> http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=dampening
>
> -jeff
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chris Barker" <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [OM] Re: Focus Damping (spelling)
>
>
>>
>> In the interests of helping our friends on the List whose first
>> language is not English, please note that the word is "damping",
>> meaning limiting vibration or oscillation.
>>
>> The word "dampening" means making wet ... ;-)
>>
>> ... unless it is the US way of saying and writing it, of course.
>>
>> Chris
>>
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