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flange

[ flanj ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

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.

, flanged, flang·ing.

flange

/ flændʒ /

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

Origin of flange¹

1425–75; late Middle English flaunche side charge (on shield face) < Middle French flanche, feminine of flanc flank

Origin of flange¹

C17: probably changed from earlier flaunche curved segment at side of a heraldic field, from French flanc flank

The top flange consisted of cast iron hollow castings butted end to end, and the struts were of cast iron.

A main girder consists of an upper and lower flange, boom or chord and a vertical web.

Through the oval-shaped flange two bolts pass for attaching the bearing to the wrought-iron framing of the tender.

One flange was fastened to the wall of the dark room in a convenient place to support the device.

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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