Vi fant 15 definisjoner av diaphragm på engelsk.
Noun |
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| diaphragm - (anatomy) a muscular partition separating the abdominal and thoracic cavities; functions in respiration | ||
| midriff | ||
| muscle system, muscular structure, musculature the muscular system of an organism | ||
| tissue layer, membrane a thin pliable sheet of material | ||
| torso, trunk, body the body excluding the head and neck and limbs; "they moved their arms and legs and bodies" | ||
| diaphragm - a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens; "the new cameras adjust the diaphragm automatically" | ||
| stop | ||
| mechanical device mechanism consisting of a device that works on mechanical principles | ||
| photographic camera, camera equipment for taking photographs (usually consisting of a lightproof box with a lens at one end and light-sensitive film at the other) | ||
| diaphragm - electro-acoustic transducer that vibrates to receive or produce sound waves | ||
| disc, disk a flat circular plate | ||
| diaphragm - 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 | ||
| pessary, contraceptive diaphragm | ||
Substantiv |
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| diaphragm - 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. | ||
| diaphragm - Any of various membranes or sheets of muscle or ligament which separate one cavity from another. | ||
| diaphragm - A contraceptive device consisting of a flexible cup, used to cover the cervix during intercourse. | ||
| diaphragm - 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. | ||
| diaphragm - In a speaker, the thin, semi-rigid membrane which vibrates to produce sound. | ||
| diaphragm - A thin opaque structure with a central aperture, used to limit the passage of light into a camera or similar device. | ||
| diaphragm - A permeable or semipermeable membrane. | ||
| diaphragm - 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. | ||
Verb |
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| diaphragm - To reduce lens aperture using an optical diaphragm. | ||
| diaphragm - To act as a diaphragm, for example by vibrating. |