Baffle or baffles may refer to:
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Baffle (liquid mixing) A slosh baffle is a device used to dampen the adverse effects of liquid slosh
In fluid dynamics, slosh refers to the movement of liquid inside another object (which is, typically, also undergoing motion).
Strictly speaking, the liquid must have ...
, auxiliary devices employed in tank which suppress the effects of slosh dynamics
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Baffle (heat transfer), a flow-directing or obstructing vane or panel used in some industrial process vessels (tanks)
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Baffle (medicine), a tunnel or wall surgically constructed within the heart or primary blood vessels to redirect blood flow
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Baffles (submarine)
The baffles is the area in the water directly behind a submarine or ship through which a hull-mounted sonar cannot hear. This blind spot is caused by the need to insulate the sonar array, commonly mounted near the bow, from the noise of the v ...
, the blind spot in a submarine's sonar created by the body of the submarine
* ''Baffle'' or ''All-Star Baffle'', a 1973–74 revival of
''PDQ'' (game show), where contestants had to guess phrases from a short combination of letters
* Baffle gate, another name for
turnstile
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Baffle (camera), shroud protecting the optics of an imaging system from being disturbed from stray light
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Sound baffle, any object designed to reduce airborne sound
** Components in a
loudspeaker enclosure used to negate the out-of-phase sound waves from the rear of the loudspeaker
** Components in a
suppressor used to redirect the gas from a gunshot to minimise sound and light
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