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• Sound baffle — A sound baffle is a construction or device which reduces the strength (level) of airborne sound. Sound baffles are a fundamental tool of noise mitigation, the practice of minimizing noise pollution or reverberation. An important type of sound… …   Wikipedia

• Baffle — can refer to: * Baffle (Speaker system enclosure or referred to as Cabinet) * Baffles (submarine) * Sound baffle * Baffle gate , which is a Turnstile * Baffle (game show) and All Star Baffle, a 1973 74 NBC daytime TV game show that was a revival… …   Wikipedia

• baffle — [baf′əl] vt. baffled, baffling [16th c. Scot; prob. respelling (as duff for dough, Affleck for Auchinleck) of obs. bauchle] 1. to confuse so as to keep from understanding or solving; puzzle; confound 2. to interfere with; hinder; impede 3. to… …   English World dictionary

• baffle wall — noun A wall that acts as a baffle, esp for sound • • • Main Entry: ↑baffle …   Useful english dictionary

• baffle — ► VERB ▪ totally bewilder. ► NOUN ▪ a device used to restrain or regulate the flow of sound, light, gas, or a fluid. DERIVATIVES bafflement noun baffling adjective. ORIGIN perhaps related to French bafouer ridicule …   English terms dictionary

• sound — sound1 soundable, adj. /sownd/, n. 1. the sensation produced by stimulation of the organs of hearing by vibrations transmitted through the air or other medium. 2. mechanical vibrations transmitted through an elastic medium, traveling in air at a… …   Universalium

• Sound — /sownd/, n. The, a strait between SW Sweden and Zealand, connecting the Kattegat and the Baltic. 87 mi. (140 km) long; 3 30 mi. (5 48 km) wide. Swedish and Danish, Oresund. * * * I Mechanical disturbance that propagates as a longitudinal wave… …   Universalium

• baffle — v. & n. v.tr. 1 confuse or perplex (a person, one s faculties, etc.). 2 a frustrate or hinder (plans etc.). b restrain or regulate the progress of (fluids, sounds, etc.). n. (also baffle plate) a device used to restrain the flow of fluid, gas,… …   Useful english dictionary

• baffle — {{11}}baffle (n.) shielding device, 1881, from BAFFLE (Cf. baffle) (v.). {{12}}baffle (v.) 1540s, to disgrace, perhaps a Scottish respelling of bauchle to disgrace publicly (especially a perjured knight), which is probably related to Fr. bafouer… …   Etymology dictionary

• baffle — [16] The etymology of baffle is appropriately baffling. Two main candidates have been proposed as a source. The first is the medieval Scots verb bawchill or bauchle, meaning ‘discredit publicly’. This fits in with the way baffle was first used:… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• baffle — [16] The etymology of baffle is appropriately baffling. Two main candidates have been proposed as a source. The first is the medieval Scots verb bawchill or bauchle, meaning ‘discredit publicly’. This fits in with the way baffle was first used:… …   Word origins