transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈdam-pər ]
noun
Date: 1707
1. : a dulling or deadening influence
put a damper on the celebration
2. : a device that damps: as
a. : a valve or plate (as in the flue of a furnace) for regulating the draft
b. : a small felted block to stop the vibration of a piano string
c. chiefly British : shock absorber
3. Australian : a simple usually unleavened bread of a kind made originally in the Australian bush