Diffuser

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

• In aerodynamics
  • Diffuser (automotive), a shaped section of a car's underbody which improves the car's aerodynamic properties
  • divergent part of the flute^{[clarification needed]}
  • divergent part of the aspirator^{[clarification needed]}
  • 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 blow hole to break up the resulting bubbles
• Diffuser (optics), a device that diffuses or spreads out or scatters light in some manner
• Diffusion filter, a specific optical diffuser used in photography
• 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
• 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 can also refer to:

• Diffuser (band), a punk rock band from the Long Island area

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