Diagram vs. Diaphragm

Diagramnoun

A plan, drawing, sketch or outline to show how something works, or show the relationships between the parts of a whole.

Diagramnoun

A graph or chart.

Diagramnoun

(category theory) A functor from an index category to another category. The objects and morphisms of the index category need not have any internal substance, but rather merely outline the connective structure of at least some part of the diagram's codomain. If the index category is J and the codomain is C, then the diagram is said to be "of type J in C".

Diagramverb

(transitive) To represent or indicate something using a diagram.

Diagramnoun

A figure or drawing made to illustrate a statement, or facilitate a demonstration; a plan.

Diagramnoun

Any simple drawing made for mathematical or scientific purposes, or to assist a verbal explanation which refers to it; a mechanical drawing, as distinguished from an artistical one.

Diagramverb

To put into the form of a diagram.

Diagramnoun

a drawing intended to explain how something works; a drawing showing the relation between the parts

Diagramverb

make a schematic or technical drawing of that shows how things work or how they are constructed

Diagramnoun

a simplified drawing showing the appearance, structure, or workings of something; a schematic representation

Diagramnoun

a figure composed of lines that is used to illustrate a definition or statement or to aid in the proof of a proposition.

Diagramnoun

a graphical schedule for operating railway locomotives and rolling stock in order to provide a desired service.

Diagramverb

represent (something) in graphic form

Diagramverb

schedule the operations of (a locomotive or train) according to a diagram.

Diagram

A diagram is a symbolic representation of information using visualization techniques. Diagrams have been used since ancient times on walls of caves, but became more prevalent during the Enlightenment.

Diaphragmnoun

(anatomy) 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.

Diaphragmnoun

(anatomy) Any of various membranes or sheets of muscle or ligament which separate one cavity from another.

Diaphragmnoun

A contraceptive device consisting of a flexible cup, used to cover the cervix during intercourse.

Diaphragmnoun

(mechanics) A flexible membrane separating two chambers and fixed around its periphery that distends into one or other chamber as the difference in the pressure in the chambers varies.

Diaphragmnoun

(acoustics) In a speaker, the thin, semi-rigid membrane which vibrates to produce sound.

Diaphragmnoun

A thin opaque structure with a central aperture, used to limit the passage of light into a camera or similar device.

Diaphragmnoun

(chemistry) A permeable or semipermeable membrane.

Diaphragmnoun

(construction) 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.

Diaphragmverb

To reduce lens aperture using an optical diaphragm.

Diaphragmverb

To act as a diaphragm, for example by vibrating.

Diaphragmnoun

A dividing membrane or thin partition, commonly with an opening through it.

Diaphragmnoun

The muscular and tendinous partition separating the cavity of the chest from that of the abdomen; the midriff.

Diaphragmnoun

A calcareous plate which divides the cavity of certain shells into two parts.

Diaphragmnoun

A plate with an opening, which is generally circular, used in instruments to cut off marginal portions of a beam of light, as at the focus of a telescope.

Diaphragmnoun

A partition in any compartment, for various purposes.

Diaphragmnoun

a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens;

Diaphragmnoun

(anatomy) a muscular partition separating the abdominal and thoracic cavities; functions in respiration

Diaphragmnoun

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

Diaphragmnoun

electro-acoustic transducer that vibrates to receive or produce sound waves