diafragma

• IPA^(key): /dijaːˈfrɑxmaː/

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• Hyphenation: di‧a‧frag‧ma

diafragma n (plural diafragma's, diminutive diafragmaatje n)

1. aperture (something which restricts the diameter of the light path through one plane in an optical system)
2. diaphragm: the muscle between thorax and abdomen needed for breething.

   Synonym: middenrif

diafragma m (plural diafragmas)

1. (anatomy) diaphragm (sheet of muscle separating thorax from abdomen)
2. diaphragm (contraceptive device)
3. (mechanics) diaphragm (flexible membrane)

From Latin diaphragma (“partition, diaphragm”), from Ancient Greek διάφραγμα (diáphragma, “partition-wall, barrier”), later (“midriff, diaphragm”), from διά (diá, “through”) + φράγμα (phrágma, “fence, screen”), from φράσσω (phrássō, “I fence in, hedge around”).

• IPA^(key): /djafˈɾaɡma/, [d̪jafˈɾaɣma]

diafragma m (plural diafragmas)

1. (anatomy) diaphragm (sheet of muscle separating the thorax from the abdomen)
2. diaphragm (contraceptive device consisting of a flexible cup)
3. (photography) diaphragm (thin, opaque structure with a central aperture)
4. (acoustics) diaphragm (vibrating membrane in a speaker)
5. (botany) diaphragm (membrane that separates one cavity from another)
6. (mechanics) diaphragm (flexible membrane separating two chambers)

• diafragmar
• diafragmático

• “diafragma” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.