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flange
[ flanj ]
noun
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- (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)
, flanged, flang·ing.
- to project like, or take the form of, a flange.
flange
/ flændʒ /
noun
- a projecting disc-shaped collar or rim on an object for locating or strengthening it or for attaching it to another object
- a flat outer face of a rolled-steel joist, esp of an I- or H-beam
- a tool for forming a flange
verb
- tr to attach or provide (a component) with a flange
- intr to take the form of a flange
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Derived Forms
- ˈflanger, noun
- ˈflangeless, adjective
- flanged, adjective
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Other Words From
- flangeless adjective
- flanger noun
- un·flanged adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of flange1
C17: probably changed from earlier flaunche curved segment at side of a heraldic field, from French flanc flank
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Example Sentences
The top flange consisted of cast iron hollow castings butted end to end, and the struts were of cast iron.
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A main girder consists of an upper and lower flange, boom or chord and a vertical web.
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Through the oval-shaped flange two bolts pass for attaching the bearing to the wrought-iron framing of the tender.
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One flange was fastened to the wall of the dark room in a convenient place to support the device.
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The bottoms of these mugs have a flange which makes a recessed part and in this the heating element is placed.
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