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 a tank. Slosh baffles have been implemented in a variety of applications including tanker trucks, and liquid rockets, although any moving tank containing liquid may ...
, auxiliary devices employed in tank which suppress the effects of slosh dynamics
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Baffle (heat transfer)
Baffles are flow-directing or obstructing vanes or panels used to direct a flow of liquid or gas. It is used in some household stoves and in some industrial process vessels (tanks), such as shell and tube heat exchangers, chemical reactors, and s ...
, 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 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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Optical baffle, shroud protecting the optics of an imaging system from being disturbed from
stray light
Stray light is light in an optical system which was not intended in the design. The light may be from the intended source, but follow paths other than intended, or it may be from a source other than that intended. This light will often set a worki ...
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Sound baffle, any object designed to reduce airborne sound
** Components in a
loudspeaker enclosure
A loudspeaker enclosure or loudspeaker cabinet is an enclosure (often rectangular box-shaped) in which speaker drivers (e.g., woofers and tweeters) and associated electronic hardware, such as crossover circuits and, in some cases, power am ...
used to negate the out-of-phase sound waves from the rear of the loudspeaker
** Components in a
suppressor
A silencer, also known as a sound suppressor, suppressor, or sound moderator, is a gun barrel#Muzzle, muzzle device that suppresses the muzzle blast, blast created when a gun (firearm or airgun) is discharged, thereby reducing the sound inten ...
used to redirect the gas from a gunshot to minimise sound and light
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Baffle blocks are used in flowing water to reduce its force
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