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Flange   /flændʒ/   Listen
noun
Flange  n.  
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.
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.
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.



verb
Flange  v. t.  (past & past part. flanged; pres. part. flanging)  (Mach.) To make a flange on; to furnish with a flange.



Flange  v. i.  To be bent into a flange.






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"Flange" Quotes from Famous Books



... cogwheel, miter wheel; pulley, sheave (wheel of a pulley). Associated words: spoke, felly, hub, strake, tire, straddle, cog, sprocket, linchpin, arbor, axle, axletree, sprag, traction, trochilics, trochilic, ratchet, flange, skid, rotiform. ...
— Putnam's Word Book • Louis A. Flemming

... the revolving mould in such a way that after the cooling of the pieces the parts, g, recede by the shrinkage of the piece and thus free the core. The parts, g, of the core are in the shape of circular segments, and are united at their external circumference by a flange, along with which they form a shoulder piece for the casting. As a consequence of the rapid revolution of the mould, these parts are pressed by centrifugal force against the molten metal which is ...
— Scientific American Suppl. No. 299 • Various

... thing," he said to Jake. "The guard-rail's heavy and I watched the smith make the clamps we fixed it with. One claw went over the rail, the other under the flange of the metal that formed the track, and sudden pressure would jamb the guard down. Then, not long before the accident, I ...
— Brandon of the Engineers • Harold Bindloss

... the grate or beneath it. Either place would have meant discovery when the room was searched. It was a careful examination of the upper portion of the grate which suggested the hiding-place. The weapon could have been safely hidden within the broad iron flange running round the open damper of ...
— The Hand in the Dark • Arthur J. Rees

... ears. Here!" His fists had been doubled. He unclasped his hands and held them forward. In each palm was one of the metal disks. "Your bank-vault door was trigged with these—wedged in the crack of the outer flange. I saw, I pulled hard on the big ...
— When Egypt Went Broke • Holman Day


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