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"Dampeners" versus "Dampers"
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In SE(1), you called them "dampers". SE2 calls them "dampeners".
According to Dictionary.com...
"Dampener:
- to make damp; moisten
- to dull or deaden
Damper:
- a person, event, or circumstance that depresses or discourages
- to produce a depressing or inhibiting effect on
- a movable plate to regulate the draught in a stove or furnace flue
- a device to reduce electronic, mechanical, acoustic, or aerodynamic oscillations in a system
- ... [more stuff, but not applicable]"
Dampen (4) seems more appropriate than Dampener (2) in my opinion.
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