flange
Americannoun
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flanges
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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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A 24-by-6-inch piece broke from the flange of one structural girder, Pihlstrom said.
From Seattle Times ● May 4, 2023
A toilet flange is a special plumbing fitting that is permanently attached to the drain pipe under the toilet.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 10, 2023
The flange flares out and a flat surface is at the top.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 10, 2023
He had installed the toilet flange directly on top of the subfloor of the condo.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 10, 2023
“A metal flange that had been banged aside?”
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
Still, Kenmore created a new replacement part, doubling the thickness and adding flanges to make installation more flexible.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 5, 2023
The flanges and their join to the carbon fibre will be central to the investigation now under way with US and Canadian authorities.
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
Fire-door opening formed by flanging and riveting together the inner and outer sheets.
From Illustrated Catalogue of Locomotives Baldwin Locomotive Works by Matthew Baird
This is an important matter in using steel rivets and should not be overlooked; the same principle applies to the heating of steel plates for flanging.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 810, July 11, 1891 by Various
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 Francis C. (Francis Cowles) Frary
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 Frederick Arthur Ambrose Talbot
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 George Ade
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