diaphragms in English

noun
1
a dome-shaped, muscular partition separating the thorax from the abdomen in mammals. It plays a major role in breathing, as its contraction increases the volume of the thorax and so inflates the lungs.
Contraction of the expiratory muscles displaces the abdomen inward and the diaphragm upward into the thorax during exhalation.
2
a thin sheet of material forming a partition.
In this way the stalk expands radially to form a hemifusion diaphragm .
3
a device for varying the effective aperture of the lens in a camera or other optical system.
If you know how the combination of a shutter, a lens, a diaphragm , and a light meter can make a picture.
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1. Screws, Slabs, rivets, pins, Anchors and Diaphragms

2. Commonly, in a swayback (lordotic) Acture, the two diaphragms will both aim forward

3. 9 Or do you go through a rigmarole of inserting diaphragms or taking pills?

4. The oscillating flow can be generated by diaphragms, vibrators, electrokinematic force and thermal acoustic force.

5. Hydraulic piston and bladder Accumulators for all applications; surge cushons, kleen vents, diaphragms and gas bottles

6. Rocky Mountain and Bugling Bull laid the ground work for producing the best and highest quality diaphragms

7. The two diaphragms are isolated from each other in terms of acoustics by means of a mechanical partition.

8. The invention is useful for making diaphragms for electro-acoustic transducers and high quality electro-acoustic transducers.

9. Steam accumulator diaphragms for reduction of pollutant emissions and energy costs in tank farms within the mineral oil industry.

10. The excess Camber is the amount of Camber that remains in the girder after the diaphragms and deck are placed

11. Our Carburetor rebuild kits include an assortment of components which may include gaskets, pump diaphragms, needles and seats, power valves, hardware, and more

12. The force is provided by either a mechanical mechanism (toggle, wedge member, threaded adjustment knob, etc.) or fluid pressure introduced between the diaphragms.

13. 4-Cycle Carburetors; Carburetors; Diaphragms and Diaphragm Kits; Floats and Bowls; Gaskets and Gasket Sets; Jets; Miscellaneous; Needles; OEM Carburetors; Primer Bulbs; Rebuild and Overhaul Kits

14. Both diaphragms (17, 19) are initially energized to seal the gage volume, and then the secondary diaphragm' is used to self calibrate using a.known pressure.

15. In this manner, at the end of the 19th century, the product range included eyeglasses, microscopes and binoculars, as well as projectors, camera lenses and camera diaphragms.

16. In this respect, CCD notes that a person who uses a wheelchair must travel seven metres, through diaphragms over interconnecting couplers between cars in order to access the "accessible washroom".

17. A stethoscope is used for Auscultation of the heart, and its head can involve one or two diaphragms that allow for low frequencies (the bell) or high frequencies (the diaphragm) to be heard

18. In a relaxed and balanced Acture, the two diaphragms face each other, like the top and bottom of a beach ball, or the two hands in someone practicing tai chi (see Figure 4)

19. They also proposed to further enhance the potential for electricity generation by integrating long nanowires with suspended miniature bridges and diaphragms in order to transform the incoming acoustic energy into even greater deflection of the nanowires.

20. They might believe that a vasectomy and tubal ligation can be viewed as being in the same category as oral contraceptives, condoms, and diaphragms —methods that can be discontinued if a pregnancy is desired.

21. Studies of early-generation microbicides have similarly failed to detect a prevention benefit, and disappointing results were reported on the HIV prevention potential of female diaphragms and community-based acyclovir treatment for herpes simplex virus type 2.

22. The invention relates to an arrangement for equalizing binocular visual fields for microscopes and other optical instruments, with an eyepiece arranged in each beam path, and with diaphragms serving the purpose of visual field adjustment.

23. Applications that Customarily benefit from the use of NBR are in hoses, seals, gaskets, printing blankets, linings, milking inflations, roll covers, oil well cable covers, diaphragms, o-rings, footwear, friction stocks, conveyor belts and other extruded and molded articles.

24. Birth Control / Abortifacients Natural & Harmless Birth Control Methods Every Woman Should Know These two natural birth control methods don’t involve the use of barriers like diaphragms or condoms or the use of chemicals such as spermicides, oral contraceptive pills, “emergency contraceptives,” or abortifacient birth control drugs.

25. Holograms, lasers not for medical purposes, optical readers, projector screens, video display screens, sound recording strips and apparatus, record players, acoustic couplers, needles for record players, loudspeakers, amplifiers, thermionic valves (radio), musical juke boxes, tone arms for record players, cabinets for loudspeakers, headphones (music), video cassettes, magnetic tapes, diaphragms (acoustic)

26. Measuring, signalling and checking (supervision) apparatus and instruments, aerometers, alarm devices, analysers, not for medical purposes, indicators (electric), chemical apparatus and instruments, chronographs (time recording devices), detectors, diagnostic apparatus, not for medical purposes, dosing equipment, pressure measuring apparatus, pressure indicators, photovoltaic cells, gas testing instruments, gasometers, hydrometers, hygrometers (moisture measuring apparatus), checking (supervision) apparatus (electric), air analysis apparatus, diaphragms for scientific apparatus, measuring apparatus, measuring apparatus (electric), measuring instruments, precision measuring apparatus, smoke detectors, sprinkler installations (fire protection), temperature indicators, thermometers, not for medical purposes, surveying chains, timer switches, not for clock mechanisms

27. The device according to the present invention consists of a fixed structure, i.e. not rotating under the action of the wind, consisting of modules that can be assembled around the axis of the eolian rotor, each one consisting of a plurality of diaphragms (1) radially placed so as to lead all the aeriform mass, corresponding to the steradian (4) determined by the external entrance surface, onto the blades (3) of the central rotor along an inclined direction in the rotation direction of the turbine, without incidence onto the negative part.