DIAPHRAGM in a Sentence

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1. It was separated by the flooring, which had neither traps nor stairs, and which formed the diaphragm of the building, as it were.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of DIAPHRAGM
diaphragm
 n.  a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens
 n.  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
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1  It was separated by the flooring, which had neither traps nor stairs, and which formed the diaphragm of the building, as it were.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 4: CHAPTER III—TWO MISFORTUNES MAKE ONE PIECE OF GOOD FORTUN...
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