The pancreas for example secretes insulin( a hormone) directly into the blood in response to the blood glucose level. Lastly, a seizure is a type of involuntary movement. Seizures like a grand mal seizure is a storm of electrical activity in the brain that causes uncontrollable muscular movements.
The noun DAMPER BLOCK has 1 sense: 1. damper consisting of a small felted block that drops onto a piano string to stop its vibration. Familiarity information: DAMPER BLOCK used as a noun is very rare.
Damping, in physics, restraining of vibratory motion, such as mechanical oscillations, noise, and alternating electric currents, by dissipation of energy. Unless a child keeps pumping a swing, its motion dies down because of damping. Shock absorbers in automobiles and carpet pads are examples of damping devices. 1  A system may be so damped that it cannot vibrate. Critical damping just prevents vibration or is just sufficient to allow the object to return to its rest position in the shortest period of time. 2  There are many types of mechanical damping.