dash-pot

1. 1.

   a mechanical damper; the vibrating part is attached to a piston that moves in a chamber filled with liquid

   Broaderdamper

Questions about dash-pot

What does dash-pot mean?

dash-pot means "a mechanical damper; the vibrating part is attached to a piston that moves in a chamber filled with liquid".

How many syllables are in dash-pot?

dash-pot has 2 syllables and divides as dash--pot under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is dash-pot a common word?

dash-pot is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.