Diffuser
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Diffuser can refer to any device that diffuses in some manner such as:
Diffuser can also refer to:
- In aerodynamics
- Diffuser (automotive)Diffuser (automotive)A diffuser, in an automotive context, is a shaped section of the car underbody which improves the car's aerodynamic properties by enhancing the transition between the high-velocity airflow underneath the car and the much slower freestream airflow of the ambient atmosphere...
, a shaped section of a car's underbody which improves the car's aerodynamic properties - divergent part of the fluteFluteThe flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. Unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is an aerophone or reedless wind instrument that produces its sound from the flow of air across an opening...
- divergent part of the aspiratorAspiratorAn aspirator, also called an eductor-jet pump or filter pump, is a device that produces vacuum by means of the Venturi effect. In an aspirator, fluid flows through a tube which then narrows. When the tube narrows, the fluid's speed increases, and because of the Venturi effect, its pressure...
- Part of a Jet engine air intake, especially when operated at supersonic speeds
- the channel between the vanes of a turbineTurbineA turbine is a rotary engine that extracts energy from a fluid flow and converts it into useful work.The simplest turbines have one moving part, a rotor assembly, which is a shaft or drum with blades attached. Moving fluid acts on the blades, or the blades react to the flow, so that they move and...
- the channel between the vanes of the stator of a centrifugal compressorCentrifugal compressorCentrifugal compressors, sometimes termed radial compressors, are a sub-class of dynamic axisymmetric work-absorbing turbomachinery.The idealized compressive dynamic turbo-machine achieves a pressure rise by adding kinetic energy/velocity to a continuous flow of fluid through the rotor or impeller...
- Diffuser (automotive)
- Diffuser (breathing set part)Diffuser (breathing set part)A diffuser is a device fitted over an underwater breathing set's exhaust hole to break up the resulting bubbles small so they will not be seen from out of the water, and make less noise...
, a device fitted over an underwater breathing set's blow hole to break up the resulting bubbles - Diffuser (optics), a device that diffuses or spreads out or scatters light in some manner
- Diffusion filterDiffusion filterA diffusion filter is a translucent photographic filter used for a special effect. When used in front of the camera lens, a diffusion filter softens subjects and generates a dreamy haze. This can also be improvised by smearing petroleum jelly on a UV filter or shooting through a nylon stocking...
, a specific optical diffuser used in photography - Diffuser (sewage)Diffuser (sewage)An air diffuser or membrane diffuser is an aeration device typically in the shape of a disc, tube or plate, which is used to transfer air and with that oxygen into sewage or industrial wastewater. Oxygen is required by microorganisms/bacteria residents in the water to break down the pollutants...
, an aerating device for sewage and industrial waste water treatments; a membrane with fine pores, through which fine bubbles are generated by the supply of air through blowers - Diffuser (thermodynamics)Diffuser (thermodynamics)A diffuser is the mechanical device that is designed to control the characteristics of a fluid at the entrance to a thermodynamic open system. Diffusers are used to slow the fluid's velocity and to enhance its mixing into the surrounding fluid...
, a device that controls the characteristics of a fluid at the entrance to a thermodynamic open system - Diffuser (heat)Diffuser (heat)A Heat Diffuser is a cooking utensil that is placed on top of a ring on a hob in order to separate the pan/pot from the direct source of heat....
, a cooking item that can be placed above a stove heating element or burner to separate the cooking utensil from the heat source
Diffuser can also refer to:
- Diffuser (band)Diffuser (band)Diffuser is a rock band from Long Island, NY that formed in 1994 by Tomas Costanza , Anthony Cangelosi , Lawrence Sullivan and Billy Alemaghides . Originally the band was called Flu 13 and released a 7-inch entitled Edgar's Airwaves and an album entitled Spin Cycle before being signed to The...
, a punk rock band from the Long Island area