# Baffle

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'''Baffle''' or '''baffles''' may refer to:

* [Slosh baffle](/source/Slosh_baffle), auxiliary devices employed in tank which suppress the effects of slosh dynamics
* [Baffle (heat transfer)](/source/Baffle_(heat_transfer)), a flow-directing or obstructing vane or panel used in some industrial process vessels (tanks)
* [Baffle (medicine)](/source/Baffle_(medicine)), a tunnel or wall surgically constructed within the heart or primary blood vessels to redirect blood flow
* [Baffles (submarine)](/source/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)](/source/PDQ_(game_show)), where contestants had to guess phrases from a short combination of letters
* Baffle gate, another name for [turnstile](/source/turnstile)
* [Optical baffle](/source/Optical_baffle), shroud protecting the optics of an imaging system from being disturbed from [stray light](/source/stray_light)
* [Sound baffle](/source/Sound_baffle), any object designed to reduce airborne sound
** Components in a [loudspeaker enclosure](/source/loudspeaker_enclosure) used to negate the out-of-phase sound waves from the rear of the loudspeaker
** Components in a [suppressor](/source/suppressor) used to redirect the gas from a gunshot to minimise sound and light
* [Baffle blocks](/source/Baffle_blocks) are used in flowing water to reduce its force

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