Diaphragm

Noun

 * 1)  In mammals, a sheet of muscle separating the thorax from the abdomen, contracted and relaxed in respiration to draw air into and expel air from the lungs; also called thoracic diaphragm.
 * 2)  Any of various membranes or sheets of muscle or ligament which separate one cavity from another.
 * 3) A contraceptive device consisting of a flexible cup, used to cover the cervix during intercourse.
 * 4)  A flexible membrane separating two chambers and fixed around its periphery that distends into one or other chamber depending on the as the difference in the pressure in the chambers varies.
 * 5)  In a speaker, the thin, semi-rigid membrane which vibrates to produce sound.
 * 6)  A thin opaque structure with a central aperture, used to limit the passage of light into a camera or similar device.
 * 7)  A permeable or semipermeable membrane
 * 8)  A floor slab, metal wall panel, roof panel or the like, havig a sufficiently large in-plane shear stiffness and sufficient strength to transmit horizontal forces to resisting systems.
 * 1)  A floor slab, metal wall panel, roof panel or the like, havig a sufficiently large in-plane shear stiffness and sufficient strength to transmit horizontal forces to resisting systems.

Derived terms

 * diaphragmal
 * diaphragmic
 * diaphragmatic
 * diaphragmatically
 * interdiaphragm


 * diaphragm arch
 * diaphragm pump
 * diaphragm seal
 * diaphragm shutter
 * diaphragm valve
 * iris diaphragm

Verb

 * 1)  To reduce lens aperture using an optical diaphragm.
 * 2) To act as a diaphragm, for example by vibrating.
 * 1) To act as a diaphragm, for example by vibrating.

Adjectives
crude;  concave;  heaving;  parchment; tough; bisecting.

Thesaurus
IUD, 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, 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, tum-tum, tummy, tweeter, underbelly, ventripotence, voice coil, waist, waistline, wall, woofer, zone

Etymology
From διάφραγμα:.

Pronunciation

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Noun

 * Armenian:
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 * Czech:
 * Dutch: middenrif
 * Finnish:
 * French: diaphragme
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 * Japanese: 横隔膜
 * Korean: 횡격막(hoenggyeongmak)
 * Polish: przepona
 * Romanian: diafragmă
 * Russian:
 * Serbian: пречага, ошит
 * Swedish: mellangärde,
 * Volapük: ditavöl


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 * French: diaphragme


 * Russian:
 * Serbian: дијафрагма


 * Bulgarian:
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 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: Membran


 * Italian:
 * Korean: 격막 (gyeongmak)
 * Romanian: membrană, diafragmă
 * Russian:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish:, kaiutinkalvo


 * Romanian: membrană
 * Russian: диффузор


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish:
 * French: diaphragme


 * Romanian: diafragmă
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Verb

 * Finnish:


 * French: diaphragmer