English-Spanish translations for diaphragm

• diafragma
  Este límite ya existente se incorporará en el anexo XVII del reglamento REACH y la derogación de los diafragmas que contienen crisótilo se revisará nuevamente en 2011. This existing limit will be incorporated in Annex XVII to the REACH regulation, and the derogation for diaphragms containing chrysotile will be reviewed again in 2011.
• diafragmar

Definition of diaphragm

• In mammals, a sheet of muscle separating the thorax from the abdomen, contracted and relaxed in respiration to draw air into and expel air from the lungs; also called thoracic diaphragm
• A contraceptive device consisting of a flexible cup, used to cover the cervix during intercourse
• In a speaker, the thin, semi-rigid membrane which vibrates to produce sound
• A permeable or semipermeable membrane
• A floor slab, metal wall panel, roof panel or the like, having a sufficiently large in-plane shear stiffness and sufficient strength to transmit horizontal forces to resisting systems
• To reduce lens aperture using an optical diaphragm
• To act as a diaphragm, for example by vibrating

Related words

• diaphragmatic
• diaphragmic
• diaphragm wall
• diaphragm pump
• diaphragmatic breathing
• diaphragmatic hernia
• diaphragmatic pleura
• thoracic diaphragm
• power diaphragm return spring