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Diaphragm Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Diaphragm?
[n] a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens; "the new cameras adjust the diaphragm automatically"
[n] electro-acoustic transducer that vibrates to receive or produce sound waves [n] a contraceptive device consisting of a flexible dome-shaped cup made of rubber or plastic; it is filled with spermicide and fitted over the uterine cervix [n] (anatomy) a muscular partition separating the abdominal and thoracic cavities; functions in respiration Synonyms | Synonyms for Diaphragm: contraceptive diaphragm | midriff | pessary | stop Related Terms | Find terms related to Diaphragm: abdomen | abomasum | acoustical network | bag | barrier | bay window | beerbelly | belly | birth control device | brattice | breadbasket | buffer | buffer state | bulkhead | bumper | capacitor speaker | center | cloison | coaxial speaker | collision mat | condom | cone | contraceptive | contraceptive foam | core | craw | crop | crossover network | cushion | diameter | dissepiment | dividing line | dividing wall | division | dynamic speaker | earphone | electrodynamic speaker | electromagnetic speaker | electrostatic speaker | embonpoint | equator | excited-field speaker | fender | first stomach | full-fidelity speaker | gizzard | gullet | gut | headphone | headset | heart | high-fidelity speaker | high-frequency speaker | honeycomb stomach | horn | interior | interseptum | intrauterine device | IUD | kernel | kishkes | loudspeaker | low-frequency speaker | manyplies | mat | maw | mean | median | middle | midmost | midrange speaker | midriff | midsection | midst | monorange speaker | moving-coil speaker | nucleus | omasum | oral contraceptive | pad | panel | paries | partition | party wall | paunch | permanent magnet speaker | pessary | pot | potbelly | potgut | property line | prophylactic | psalterium | pusgut | rennet bag | reticulum | rubber | rumen | second stomach | separation | septulum | septum | shock pad | skin | spare tire | speaker | speaker system | speaker unit | spermicidal jelly | spermicide | stomach | swagbelly | the pill | thick | thick of things | third stomach | triaxial speaker | tummy | tum-tum | tweeter | underbelly | ventripotence | voice coil | waist | waistline | wall | woofer | zone See Also | birth control device | body | camera | contraceptive | contraceptive device | disc | disk | electro-acoustic transducer | iris | iris diaphragm | mechanical device | membrane | muscle system | muscular structure | musculature | photographic camera | preventative | preventive | prophylactic device | tissue layer | torso | trunk Diaphragm In Webster's Dictionary \Di"a*phragm\, n. [L. diaphragma, Gr. ?, fr. ? to
fence by a partition wall; dia` through + ?, ?, to fence,
inclose; prob. akin to L. fareire to stuff: cf. F.
diaphragme. See {Farce}.]
1. A dividing membrane or thin partition, commonly with an
opening through it.
2. (Anat.) The muscular and tendinous partition separating
the cavity of the chest from that of the abdomen; the
midriff.
3. (Zo["o]l.) A calcareous plate which divides the cavity of
certain shells into two parts.
4. (Opt.) A plate with an opening, which is generally
circular, used in instruments to cut off marginal portions
of a beam of light, as at the focus of a telescope.
5. (Mach.) A partition in any compartment, for various
purposes.
{Diaphragm pump}, one in which a flexible diaphragm takes the
place of a piston.
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