dashpot

[ dash-pot ]
/ ˈdæʃˌpɒt /

noun

a device for cushioning, damping, or reversing the motion of a piece of machinery, consisting of a cylinder in which a piston operates to create a pressure or vacuum on an enclosed gas or to force a fluid in or out of the chamber through narrow openings.

Origin of dashpot

First recorded in 1860–65; dash1 + pot1

Words nearby dashpot

dasher, dashi, dashiki, dashing, dashing white sergeant, dashpot, dasht-e-kavir, dasht-e-lut, dasht-i-kavir, dasht-i-lut, dashy

Example sentences from the Web for dashpot

  • The seating of the main admission valve is cushioned by the dashpot, the piston of which is shown in section at G (Fig. 51).

    Steam Turbines |Hubert E. Collins

British Dictionary definitions for dashpot

dashpot
/ (ˈdæʃˌpɒt) /

noun

a device for damping vibrations; the vibrating part is attached to a piston moving in a liquid-filled cylinder

Word Origin for dashpot

C20: from dash 1 + pot 1