What (who) is diaphragm - definition
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Diaphram; Diafragm; Diafram; Diapragm; Diaphragm (disambiguation); Diaphraghm; Diaphrahm
Diaphragm
·noun A partition in any compartment, for various purposes.
II. Diaphragm ·noun A dividing membrane or thin partition, commonly with an opening through it.
III. Diaphragm ·noun A calcareous plate which divides the cavity of certain shells into two parts.
IV. Diaphragm ·noun The muscular and tendinous partition separating the cavity of the chest from that of the abdomen; the midriff.
V. Diaphragm ·noun 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.
diaphragm
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1. a dome-shaped muscular partition separating the thorax from the abdomen in mammals.
2. a thin sheet of material forming a partition.
a taut flexible membrane in mechanical or acoustic systems.
3. a thin contraceptive cap fitting over the cervix.
4. a device for varying the effective aperture of the lens in a camera or other optical system.
Derivatives
diaphragmatic adjective
Origin
ME: from late L. diaphragma, from Gk, from dia 'through, apart' + phragma 'a fence'.
diaphragm
(diaphragms)
1.
Your diaphragm is a muscle between your lungs and your stomach. It is used when you breathe.
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2.
A diaphragm is a circular rubber contraceptive device that a woman places inside her vagina.
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Pronunciation examples for diaphragm
1. different diaphragm.
Dylan Werner _ Finding Emotional Balance Through Breathing _ Talks at Google
2. Heel kick to diaphragm.
Sherlock Holmes (2009)
3. You have the diaphragm.
The Credibility Code _ Cara Alter _ Talks at Google
4. in your chest, diaphragm.
Get Some Headspace _ Andy Puddicombe _ Talks at Google
5. sing from the diaphragm.
Voice Builder to the World _ Gary Catona _ Talks at Google
Examples of use of diaphragm
1. To breathe correctly one should use the diaphragm and the stomach expands as it pushes down.
2. The boot hit my diaphragm and sternum, while the studs caught my liver.
3. The girls were born November 2' attached at the diaphragm, pancreas and liver.
4. Deaver wrapped his arms around the candidate from behind and drove his fists inward and upward below his diaphragm.
5. They also are joined at the diaphragm and the pancreas, and they share part of an intestine.