Definitions for baffles
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1. Baffles

   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 vessel's machinery. During the Cold War, one submarine would frequently attempt to follow another by hiding in its baffles. This led to the practice of "clearing the baffles" to detect followers; maneuvers to do this include the "Crazy Ivan", a hard turn to clear the baffles and position the submarine to attack any followers, and "Angles and Dangles", a five-hour process of rapid direction and speed changes to ensure a submarine was not emitting any noise. The baffles-clearing maneuvers undertaken by Soviet Yankee-class ballistic missile submarines were dubbed "Yankee Doodles." Hiding in a sub's baffles is dangerous because of the risk of collision. Such tactics have fallen out of use since the advent of the towed-array sonar, which negates the baffles' blind spot.

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1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of baffles in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of baffles in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of baffles in a Sentence

1. Gerald Smith:

   It’s just a heinous act that baffles the mind as to why anyone would do this in a quad full of children just out enjoying themselves.

2. Haley Huggins:

   The main thing to look out for is keeping body oils off of the external fabric on a down jacket or sleeping bag because that will wreak havoc on the feathers themselves, when you start seeing oil stains, if the fabric feels greasy or if you start to feel big clumps of down in the jacket or sleeping bag baffles, that’s a sign that you should definitely do something quick.

3. Andrea Irwin:

   My son has never been a violent person, never, to die in such a violent way baffles me.

4. C. C. Colton:

   Nothing more completely baffles one who is full of trick and duplicity than straigthforward and simple integrity in another. A knave would rather quarrel with a brother knave than with a fool, but he would rather avoid a quarrel with one honest man than with both. He can combat a fool by management and address, and he can conquer a knave by temptations. But the honest man is neither to be bamboozled nor bribed.

5. Los Angeles Dodgers:

   When I look at the numbers in that context, it kind of baffles you and is kind of cartoonish, it does n’t ever seem like the right decision to go take the ball from Clayton.

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References

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