Damping vs Friction - What's the difference?
damping | friction |
The reduction in the magnitude of oscillations by the dissipation of energy
The stabilization of a physical system by reducing oscillation
The rubbing of one object or surface against another.
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(physics): A force that resists the relative motion or tendency to such motion of two bodies in contact.
* 1839 , (Denison Olmsted), A Compendium of Astronomy Page 95
As nouns the difference between damping and friction
is that damping is the reduction in the magnitude of oscillations by the dissipation of energy while friction is the rubbing of one object or surface against another.As a verb damping
is present participle of lang=en.damping
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- Secondly, When a body is once in motion it will continue to move forever, unless something stops it. When a ball is struck on the surface of the earth, the friction of the earth and the resistance of the air soon stop its motion.
