baffle
Kelime Anlamı :
1. şaşırtmak.
2. be baffled şaşırmak.
3. şaşkına çevirmek.
4. yönlendirici.
5. şaşırtıcı.
6. saptırıcı.
7. hayret ettirmek.
8. kafasını karıştırmak.
9. deflektör plakası.
10. akış saptırıcı.
Tanımlar :
1.
to frustrate or check (a person) as by confusing or perplexing; stymie.
2. to impede the force or movement of.
3. A usually static device that regulates the flow of a fluid or light.
4. A partition that prevents interference between sound waves in a loudspeaker.
2. to impede the force or movement of.
3. A usually static device that regulates the flow of a fluid or light.
4. A partition that prevents interference between sound waves in a loudspeaker.
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
1.
A device used to dampen the effects of such things as sound, light, or fluid. specifically, a baffle is a surface which is placed inside an open area to inhibit direct motion from one part to another, without preventing motion altogether.
2. an architectural feature designed to confuse enemies or make them vulnerable.
3. totally bewilder; confuse or perplex.
2. an architectural feature designed to confuse enemies or make them vulnerable.
3. totally bewilder; confuse or perplex.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
1.
A defeat by artifice, shifts, and turns; discomfiture.
2.
3. A deflector, as a plate or wall, so arranged across a furnace or boiler flue as to mingle the hot gases and deflect them against the substance to be heated.
4. A grating or plate across a channel or pipe conveying water, gas, or the like, by which the flow is rendered more uniform in different parts of the cross section of the stream; -- used in measuring the rate of flow, as by means of a weir.
5. A lever for operating the throttle valve of a winding engine.
6. to practice deceit.
7. to struggle against in vain.
8. to cause to undergo a disgraceful punishment, as a recreant knight.
9. to check by shifts and turns; to elude; to foil.
10. to check by perplexing; to disconcert, frustrate, or defeat; to thwart.
2.
3. A deflector, as a plate or wall, so arranged across a furnace or boiler flue as to mingle the hot gases and deflect them against the substance to be heated.
4. A grating or plate across a channel or pipe conveying water, gas, or the like, by which the flow is rendered more uniform in different parts of the cross section of the stream; -- used in measuring the rate of flow, as by means of a weir.
5. A lever for operating the throttle valve of a winding engine.
6. to practice deceit.
7. to struggle against in vain.
8. to cause to undergo a disgraceful punishment, as a recreant knight.
9. to check by shifts and turns; to elude; to foil.
10. to check by perplexing; to disconcert, frustrate, or defeat; to thwart.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
1.
to disgrace; treat with mockery or contumely; hold up as an object of scorn or contempt; insult; specifically, to subject to indignities, as a recreant knight or traitor.
2. to hoodwink; cheat.
3. to circumvent by interposing obstacles or difficulties; defeat the efforts, purpose, or success of; frustrate; check; foil; thwart; disconcert; confound: as, the fox baffled his pursuers; to baffle curiosity or endeavor.
4. to beat about, as the wind or stray cattle do standing grain or grass; twist irregularly together.
5. to practise deceit; shuffle; quibble.
6. to struggle ineffectually; strive in vain: as, the ship baffled with the gale.
7. in coalmining, to brush out or mix fire-damp with air, to such an extent as to render it non-explosive.
8. disgrace; affront.
9. defeat; discomfiture.
10. same as baffler, 2.
11. an artificial obstruction (in the form of a board, plate, or cleat placed in the channel) to the continuous smooth flow of a liquid or gas.
2. to hoodwink; cheat.
3. to circumvent by interposing obstacles or difficulties; defeat the efforts, purpose, or success of; frustrate; check; foil; thwart; disconcert; confound: as, the fox baffled his pursuers; to baffle curiosity or endeavor.
4. to beat about, as the wind or stray cattle do standing grain or grass; twist irregularly together.
5. to practise deceit; shuffle; quibble.
6. to struggle ineffectually; strive in vain: as, the ship baffled with the gale.
7. in coalmining, to brush out or mix fire-damp with air, to such an extent as to render it non-explosive.
8. disgrace; affront.
9. defeat; discomfiture.
10. same as baffler, 2.
11. an artificial obstruction (in the form of a board, plate, or cleat placed in the channel) to the continuous smooth flow of a liquid or gas.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia