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flange 
[flanj] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, flanged, flang·ing.
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[flanj] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, flanged, flang·ing. –noun
–verb (used without object)
| 1. | 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. |
| 2. | 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. |
| 3. | 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. |
| 4. | (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. |
| 5. | to project like, or take the form of, a flange. |
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flangeless, adjective
flanger, noun
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(flānj) Pronunciation Key
n. A protruding rim, edge, rib, or collar, as on a wheel or a pipe shaft, used to strengthen an object, hold it in place, or attach it to another object. [Possibly variant of flanch, device at the side of an escutcheon, perhaps from French flanche, feminine of flanc, side; see flank.] flange v. |
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| flange | |
noun | |
| a projection used for strength or for attaching to another object |
WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
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flange (flānj)
n.
- A projecting rim or edge.
- The part of the denture base that extends from the cervical ends of the teeth to the border of the denture.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Flange
Flange\ (fl[a^]nj), n. [Prov. E. flange to project, flanch a projection. See Flanch, Flank.]1. An external or internal rib, or rim, for strength, as the flange of an iron beam; or for a guide, as the flange of a car wheel (see Car wheel.); or for attachment to another object, as the flange on the end of a pipe, steam cylinder, etc. --Knight. 2. A plate or ring to form a rim at the end of a pipe when fastened to the pipe. Blind flange, a plate for covering or closing the end of a pipe. Flange joint, a joint, as that of pipes, where the connecting pieces have flanges by which the parts are bolted together. --Knight. Flange rail, a rail with a flange on one side, to keep wheels, etc. from running off. Flange turning, the process of forming a flange on a wrought iron plate by bending and hammering it when hot.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Flange
Flange\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flanged (fl[a^]njd); p. pr. & vb. n. Flanging (fl[a^]n"j[i^]ng).] (Mach.) To make a flange on; to furnish with a flange.
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Flange
Flange\, v. i. To be bent into a flange.
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