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diaphragm   (TTS Sound)

The noun diaphragm has 4 senses

• diaphragm, stop -- (a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens; "the new cameras adjust the diaphragm automatically")


• diaphragm, midriff -- ((anatomy) a muscular partition separating the abdominal and thoracic cavities; functions in respiration)


• diaphragm, pessary, contraceptive 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)


• diaphragm -- (electro-acoustic transducer that vibrates to receive or produce sound waves)