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RELATED WORDS : contraceptive diaphragm iris diaphragm

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun Diaphragm has 4 senses

• diaphragm(n = noun.artifact) stop - a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens; "the new cameras adjust the diaphragm automatically"
is a part of camera, photographic camera
has particulars: iris, iris diaphragm
is a kind of mechanical device

• diaphragm(n = noun.body) midriff - (anatomy) a muscular partition separating the abdominal and thoracic cavities; functions in respiration; Array
is a kind of membrane, tissue layer, muscle system, muscular structure, musculature
is a part of body, torso, trunk

• diaphragm(n = noun.artifact) contraceptive diaphragm, pessary - 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; Array
is a kind of birth control device, contraceptive, contraceptive device, preventative, preventive, prophylactic device

• diaphragm(n = noun.artifact) Array - electro-acoustic transducer that vibrates to receive or produce sound waves; Array
is a kind of disc, disk
is a part of electro-acoustic transducer

OXFORD DICTIONARY

DEVIL DICTIONARY

Diaphragm

n. A muscular partition separating disorders of the chest from disorders of the bowels.

THESAURUS

Diaphragm

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

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Diaphragm

Middle

N middle, midst, mediety, mean, medium, middle term, center &c, mid-course, mezzo termine, juste milieu, halfway house, nave, navel, omphalos, nucleus, nucleolus, equidistance, bisection, half distance, equator, diaphragm, midriff, intermediate, middle, medial, mesial, mean, mid, median, average, middlemost, midmost, mediate, intermediate, equidistant, central, mediterranean, equatorial, homocentric, in the middle, midway, halfway, midships, amidships, in medias res.

Interposition

N interposition, interjacence, intercurrence, intervenience, interlocation, interdigitation, interjection, interpolation, interlineation, interspersion, intercalation, interpenetration, permeation, infiltration, intervention, interference, intrusion, obtrusion, insinuation, insertion, dovetailing, embolism, intermediary, intermedium, go between, bodkin, intruder, interloper, parenthesis, episode, flyleaf, partition, septum, diaphragm, midriff, dissepiment, party wall, panel, room divider, halfway house, interjacent, intercurrent, intervenient, intervening, intermediate, intermediary, intercalary, interstitial, embolismal, parenthetical, episodic, mediterranean, intrusive, embosomed, merged, between, betwixt, twixt, among, amongst, amid, amidst, mid, midst, in the thick of, betwixt and between, sandwich-wise, parenthetically, obiter dictum.

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