diaphragm
Meaning of diaphragm
noun
- 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.
- Any of various membranes or sheets of muscle or ligament which separate one cavity from another.
- A contraceptive device consisting of a flexible cup, used to cover the cervix during intercourse.
- A flexible membrane separating two chambers and fixed around its periphery that distends into one or other chamber as the difference in the pressure in the chambers varies.
- (acoustics) In a speaker, the thin, semi-rigid membrane which vibrates to produce sound.
- A thin opaque structure with a central aperture, used to limit the passage of light into a camera or similar device.
- A permeable or semipermeable membrane.
- A floor slab, metal wall panel, roof panel or the like, having a sufficiently large in-plane shear stiffness and sufficient strength to transmit horizontal forces to resisting systems.
- To reduce lens aperture using an optical diaphragm.
- To act as a diaphragm, for example by vibrating.
Information about diaphragm
- The plural form of diaphragm is: diaphragms.
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Hyphenation of diaphragm
di-aphragm
- It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
- diaphragm is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
diaphragm synonyms
Meaning stop:
Meaning midriff:
Meaning pessary:
Translation of diaphragm
- French: diaphragme
- Spanish: diafragma
- Italian: diaframma
Words that rhyme with diaphragm
endophragm, epiphragm, hemidiaphragm, mesophragm, metaphragm, paraphragm
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