Definition of dampers:
(n) :
Something that damps or checks:
(n) :
Something that kills the mood.
(n) :
A valve or movable plate in the flue or other part of a stove, furnace, etc., used to check or regulate the draught of air.
(n) :
A contrivance (sordine), as in a pianoforte, to deaden vibrations; or, as in other pieces of mechanism, to check some action at a particular time.
(n) :
A device that decreases the oscillations of a system.
(n) :
(mechanical engineering) A shock absorber.