Diffuser

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Diffuser can refer to any device that diffuses in some manner such as:

• Diffuser (acoustics), a device that scatters reflections of sound across frequencies
• In aerodynamics
  • Diffuser (automotive), a shaped section of a car's underbody which improves the car's aerodynamic properties. It causes air to escape from the underside of the vehicle faster than above air, working like a wing on an airplane in the opposite direction. Results in improvement of downforce.
  • (aerodynamics) a device that renders flow uniform as used at the input to wind tunnels. also used in faucet aspirators to mix in air to avoid a stream that splashes.
  • divergent part of the flute
  • Part of a jet engine air intake, especially when operated at supersonic speeds
  • the channel between the vanes of a turbine
  • the channel between the vanes of the stator of a centrifugal compressor
• Diffuser (breathing set part), a device fitted over an underwater breathing set's exhaust orifice to break up the gas outflow into smaller bubbles to reduce noise or make the bubble pattern at the surface less noticeable.
• Diffuser (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 (hair), a blowdryer attachment or one-piece device that diffuses heat as it dries the hair
• Diffuser (optics), a device that diffuses or spreads out or scatters light in some manner
• Diffuser (sewage), 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), a device that controls the characteristics of a fluid at the entrance to a thermodynamic open system
• Diffusion filter, a specific optical diffuser used in photography
• Aroma lamp also known as Diffuser, is used to diffuse essential oils in the surroundings.
• In encryption a diffuser is a data-mixing function.^[1]

Diffuser may also refer to:

• Diffuser (band), a punk rock band from Long Island
• diffuser.fm, a website of Townsquare Media

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