DIFFUSER


Meaning of DIFFUSER in English

/di fyooh"zeuhr/ , n.

1. a person or thing that diffuses.

2. (in various machines or mechanical systems, as centrifugal pumps or compressors) a device for utilizing part of the kinetic energy of a fluid passing through a machine by gradually increasing the cross-sectional area of the channel or chamber through which it flows so as to decrease its speed and increase its pressure.

3. (in a lighting fixture) any of a variety of translucent materials for filtering glare from the light source.

4. a pierced plate or similar device for distributing compressed air for aeration of sewage.

Also, diffusor .

[ 1670-80; DIFFUSE + -ER 1 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .