Diffuser
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Diffuser can refer to any device that diffuses in some manner such as:
- Diffuser (automotive), a shaped section of a car's underbody which improves the car's aerodynamic properties
- Diffuser (breathing set part), a device fitted over an underwater breathing set's blowoff hole to break up the resulting bubbles
- Diffuser (cryptography), a method to protect against ciphertext manipulation attacks.
- Diffuser (hair), an attachment that diffuses or spreads out air flow from a hair dryer.
- Diffuser (optics), a device that diffuses or spreads out or scatters light in some manner.
- Diffuser (radiometry), a plate whose diffuse transmittance or reflectance is utilized in different detectors of radiation.
- Diffuser (sewage), an aerating device for sewage and industrial waste water treatment plants
- Diffuser (thermodynamics), a device that controls the characteristics of a fluid at the entrance to a thermodynamic open system. Commonly used in heating, ventilating, and air conditioning.
Diffuser can also refer to:
- Diffuser (band), a punk rock band from the Long Island area