Baffle

Baffle or baffles may refer to:

• Baffle (in vessel), a flow-directing vane or panel in some vessels such as shell and tube heat exchangers, chemical reactors, or static mixers
• Baffle (medical), a tunnel or wall surgically constructed within the heart or primary blood vessels to redirect blood flow
• 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
• 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
• Squirrel baffle, a device fixed to birdfeeders to prevent access by squirrels and other small mammals
• Baffle (architecture), a structure designed to confuse or enemies or make them vulnerable

See also

• Sergeant Baffels, a character in the Gaunt's Ghosts novels, a military science fiction series by Dan Abnett