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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Physics Not tending toward a state of rest; not damped. Used of oscillations.
  • adjective Not stifled or discouraged; unchecked.

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  • adjective physics, of an oscillation of which the amplitude does not change over time

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Examples

  • This discovery was of importance, as it was found that the waves so generated were undamped, that is, capable of proceeding to their destination without loss of amplitude.

    The Story of Electricity John Munro 1889

  • Paul gave a more polished version of his stump speech, greeted with thoughtful applause undamped by Paul's signature mix of optimism and gloom.

    South Carolina primary – CNN debate fallout 2012

  • She watched impassively while he undamped me, and I took a few staggering and damned painful steps, catching at that hellish wheel for support.

    Fiancée 2010

  • He wore the customary expression of a man doing battle with a mortal enemy, common to all men adjusting their neckwear, but he undamped his lips to grin at me.

    Sick Cycle Carousel 2010

  • Andhoven and they decided to carry out experiments in autumn and send telegraphic signals in the form of undamped waves every 20

    Posthuman Blues Mac 2007

  • His gaiety was undamped, his generosity unchilled; and though the space which had intervened between our parting and reunion was but brief, yet at the period of life at which we were, even a shorter interval than that of three years has frequently served to form or DEform a character.

    The Purcell Papers 2003

  • As sections of the quilt were stitched, the women undamped and rolled the quilt on the frame, making it smaller.

    Quilts Are Forever Kathy Lamancusa 2002

  • As sections of the quilt were stitched, the women undamped and rolled the quilt on the frame, making it smaller.

    Quilts Are Forever Kathy Lamancusa 2002

  • As sections of the quilt were stitched, the women undamped and rolled the quilt on the frame, making it smaller.

    Quilts Are Forever Kathy Lamancusa 2002

  • The tunability and the possibility to produce relatively undamped outgoing oscillations greatly increased the transmission range, and in 1901 Marconi succeeded in establishing radio connection across the Atlantic.

    The Nobel Prizes in Physics 1901-2000 2000

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