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- adjective Excessively
damped
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In admittedly strained analogy to electrical systems, I think a legal system should always be overdamped so as to avoid the sort of inductive losses that come from excessive ringing.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Open Comment Thread on McDonald 2009
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If the harmonic oscillator is critically damped or overdamped, there is just one pulse which fades away.
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On the surface it would seem that evolution would be a very overdamped system, but when one considers competition within the same species, such as the giraffe neck length example, then that assumption might be too simplistic.
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And what does it mean in terms of where parameters move things from underdamped through the continuum to overdamped?
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You can adjust the DAC amplifier for overdamped, underdamped, and optimum responses.
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You can adjust the DAC amplifier for overdamped, underdamped, and optimum responses.
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You can adjust the DAC amplifier for overdamped, underdamped, and optimum responses.
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Very likely, the oscillation circuit is significantly overdamped to prevent runaway (and lots of RF interference), and thus relies on each subsequent pulse to maintain the oscillation.
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You can adjust the DAC amplifier for overdamped, underdamped, and optimum responses.
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You can adjust the DAC amplifier for overdamped, underdamped, and optimum responses.
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