Definitions for diaphragm

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diaphragm di·a·phragm

Spelling: [dahy-uh-fram]

IPA: /ˈdaɪ əˌfræm/

Diaphragm is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 18 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 342 anagrams from letters in diaphragm (aadghimpr).

Definitions for diaphragm

noun

1. Anatomy. a muscular, membranous or ligamentous wall separating two cavities or limiting a cavity. the partition separating the thoracic cavity from the abdominal cavity in mammals.
2. Physical Chemistry. a porous plate separating two liquids, as in a galvanic cell. a semipermeable membrane.
3. a thin disk that vibrates when receiving or producing sound waves, as in a telephone, microphone, speaker, or the like.
4. Also called pessary. a thin, dome-shaped device, usually of rubber, for wearing over the uterine cervix during sexual intercourse to prevent conception.
5. a plate with a hole in the center or a ring that is placed on the axis of an optical instrument, as a camera, and that controls the amount of light entering the instrument.
6. a plate or web for stiffening metal-framed constructions.

verb (used with object)

1. to furnish with a diaphragm.
2. to reduce the aperture of (a lens, camera, etc.) by means of a diaphragm.

Origin of diaphragm

1350-1400; Middle English diafragma Late Latin diaphragma Greek diáphragma the diaphragm, midriff, equivalent to dia- dia- + phrágma a fence

Examples for diaphragm

He relaxed the muscles of his diaphragm, and reached for pencil and paper.

Could prescription birth control—whether the pill, an IUD, or a diaphragm—soon be free of cost for most American women?

After Mrs. Butterfield retreats upstairs, she goes to have sex with her husband, only to realize that Jade has her diaphragm.

It has a diaphragm provided centrally with a blunt pin, or stylus.

The blade pierced his liver and diaphragm, missing his heart and aorta by a fraction of an inch.

The character of the diaphragm is best observed in year-old canes.

The voice was concentrated upon it by means of a mouthpiece and a diaphragm.

Deciding he could only play it by ear, he pulled in his diaphragm and rang the bell.

The pleura and diaphragm also showed a good deal of disease and some adhesion.

Underneath the stage, which is pierced by a circular aperture, is a diaphragm.