| diaphragm | (noun) a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens | Synonyms: stop |
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| (noun) electro-acoustic transducer that vibrates to receive or produce sound waves | - |
| (noun) a contraceptive device consisting of a flexible dome-shaped cup made of rubber or plastic; it is filled with spermicide and fitted over the uterine cervix | Synonyms: contraceptive diaphragm, pessary |
| (noun) (anatomy) a muscular partition separating the abdominal and thoracic cavities; functions in respiration | Synonyms: midriff |
| fragment | (noun) a broken piece of a brittle artifact | Synonyms: shard, sherd |
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| (noun) an incomplete piece | - |
| (noun) a piece broken off or cut off of something else | - |
| fragmentation | (noun) separating something into fine particles | Synonyms: atomisation, atomization |
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| (noun) the scattering of bomb fragments after the bomb explodes | - |
| (noun) (computer science) the condition of a file that is broken up and stored in many different locations on a magnetic disk | - |
| (noun) the disintegration of social norms governing behavior and thought and social relationships | - |
| phragmacone | (noun) the thin conical chambered internal shell (either straight or curved) of a belemnite | Synonyms: phragmocone |
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| phragmocone | (noun) the thin conical chambered internal shell (either straight or curved) of a belemnite | Synonyms: phragmacone |
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| pragmatic | (noun) an imperial decree that becomes part of the fundamental law of the land | Synonyms: pragmatic sanction |
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| pragmatics | (noun) the study of language use | - |
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| pragmatism | (noun) the attribute of accepting the facts of life and favoring practicality and literal truth | Synonyms: realism |
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| (noun) (philosophy) the doctrine that practical consequences are the criteria of knowledge and meaning and value | - |
| pragmatist | (noun) a person who takes a practical approach to problems and is concerned primarily with the success or failure of their actions | - |
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| (noun) an adherent of philosophical pragmatism | - |