amortecimento

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.moʁ.te.siˈmẽ.tu/ [a.moh.te.siˈmẽ.tu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.moʁ.te.siˈmẽ.tu/ [a.moh.te.siˈmẽ.tu]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /a.moɾ.te.siˈmẽ.tu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /a.moʁ.te.siˈmẽ.tu/ [a.moχ.te.siˈmẽ.tu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.moɻ.te.siˈmẽ.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.muɾ.tɨ.siˈmẽ.tu/

• Hyphenation: a‧mor‧te‧ci‧men‧to

Noun

amortecimento m (plural amortecimentos)

1. deadening; muffling; dampening; mitigation

   Synonym: enfraquecimento

2. (physiology) numbness (absent or reduced sensitivity to cutaneous stimulation)

   Synonym: dormência

3. (mechanics) damping (the stabilisation of a physical system by reducing oscillation)

Related terms

• amortecedor