flange
Americannoun
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a projecting rim, collar, or ring on a shaft, pipe, machine housing, etc., cast or formed to give additional strength, stiffness, or supporting area, or to provide a place for the attachment of other objects.
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a broad ridge or pair of ridges projecting from the edge of a rolled metal shape generally at right angles, in order to strengthen or stiffen it.
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a ring or collar, usually provided with holes for bolts, and screwed or welded over the end of a tube or pipe to permit other objects to be attached to it.
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(in plumbing) a plate or flat ring bolted to the flange at the end of a length of pipe to close the end or to connect it with the flange of another such length.
blind flange; spectacle flange.
verb (used without object)
noun
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a projecting disc-shaped collar or rim on an object for locating or strengthening it or for attaching it to another object
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a flat outer face of a rolled-steel joist, esp of an I- or H-beam
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a tool for forming a flange
verb
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(tr) to attach or provide (a component) with a flange
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(intr) to take the form of a flange
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Etymology
Origin of flange
1425–75; late Middle English flaunche side charge (on shield face) < Middle French flanche, feminine of flanc flank
Vocabulary lists containing flange
Civil Engineering
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The solution provides a new clamp nut with a raised flange on the upper edge where safety wire is attached between the clamp nut and a bolt on the actuator barrel.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 5, 2023
I was looking at a toilet flange buried beneath two layers of laminate flooring!
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 10, 2023
Wax gaskets placed on this flange provide the all-important seal between the underside of the toilet and the flange.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 10, 2023
The flange flares out and a flat surface is at the top.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 10, 2023
“The side flange was banged away to make room for a D-6.”
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
In the far distance, the twin flanges of Husky Stadium rise up over the landscape like a pair of reversed gullwing doors on a DeLorean.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 5, 2024
The flanges would then have made contact with the end caps.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2023
One can join them using special flanges, much like ordinary pipes.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 5, 2022
Instead of the bell-shaped flanges of a traditional breast pump, a wearable pump has cups that can be tucked into the user’s bra.
From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2021
To the west, between two of the flanges of the tree that spread out to be roots, was a cavity.
From "My Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
"This trend uses modern-made pieces but has traditional design elements and materials. Think skirted, flanged, wingbacked, or rolled seating. For materials, this means more linen, mohair, natural stone and wood," DelMonico adds.
From Fox News ● Mar. 3, 2022
The latest is the Series 18, a heel-shafted, flanged blade with a cavity sole and high density tungsten in the extreme heel and toe.
From Golf Digest ● Jan. 21, 2020
People talked knowledgeably about foam versus flanged, domes versus cylinders, bone conduction, how to avoid ear infections, and the importance of bringing noise-absorbing furniture and carpets into your home.
From Slate ● May 13, 2019
It makes contact with a power rail, the flanged wheels roll onto rails of a track, and your car accelerates at a controlled rate of 0.3g.
From The Verge ● Feb. 24, 2016
Between the sight lines of my raised knees his ear appeared, an amazing organ all its own, whorled and flanged, translucent in the bright lights.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
This flanging of the upper end or tail ensures the arrow spinning rapidly as it falls through the air, and at the same times preserves its vertical position during its descent.
From Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War by Talbot, Frederick Arthur Ambrose
He removed the Cap that had rested on his flanging Ears and sat at the Table with the Advance Agent and the English Tourist.
From More Fables by Ade, George
The flanging arms of the V, forced in a place too narrow, had caught between heavy stubs.
From The Blazed Trail by White, Stewart Edward
A better flanging tool is made from a triangular piece of copper or brass, about 1⁄16 inch thick, and mounted in a suitable handle.
From Laboratory Manual of Glass-Blowing by Frary, Francis C. (Francis Cowles)
If the diameter of this tube should be much greater than that of the small tube, the latter may be enlarged with a carbon or a flanging tool.
From Laboratory Manual of Glass-Blowing by Frary, Francis C. (Francis Cowles)
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