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diaphragm
zelfstandig naamwoord
1 diaphragm
A mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens:
— The new cameras adjust the diaphragm automatically.
synoniem: stop.
Nederlands: diafragma
2 diaphragm
anatomy A muscular partition separating the abdominal and thoracic cavities; functions in respiration.
synoniem: midriff.
Roget 68:
middle,
midst,
mediety†,
mean
etc.
29;
medium,
middle term;
center
etc.
222,
mid-course
etc.
628;
mezzo termine [It];
juste milieu [Fr.]
etc.
628;
halfway house,
nave,
navel,
omphalos†;
nucleus,
nucleolus.
equidistance†,
bisection,
half distance;
equator,
diaphragm,
midriff;
intermediate
etc.
228.
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Roget 228:
interposition,
interjacence†,
intercurrence†,
intervenience†,
interlocation†,
interdigitation,
interjection,
interpolation,
interlineation,
interspersion,
intercalation.
[interposition at a fine-grained level]
interpenetration;
permeation;
infiltration.
[interposition by one person in another's affairs, at the intervenor's initiative]
intervention,
interference;
intrusion,
obtrusion;
insinuation.
insertion
etc.
300;
dovetailing;
embolism.
intermediary,
intermedium†;
go between,
bodkin†,
intruder,
interloper;
parenthesis,
episode,
flyleaf.
partition,
septum,
diaphragm;
midriff;
dissepiment†;
party wall,
panel,
room divider.
halfway house.
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Nederlands: diafragma, middenrif
Pools: przepona, diafragma
3 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.
synoniemen: contraceptive diaphragm, pessary.
Nederlands: membraan, pessarium
Pools: pensarium, diafragma, krążek
4 diaphragm
Electro-acoustic transducer that vibrates to receive or produce sound waves.
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