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flange

[flanj] / flændʒ /


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Next, we carefully select the perimeter trim, which can vary from contrast cording to self-welt, 1-inch flange, ruffled edges, knife pleats and more, providing various options to suit individual tastes.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 3, 2023

I was looking at a toilet flange buried beneath two layers of laminate flooring!

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 10, 2023

Wax gaskets placed on this flange provide the all-important seal between the underside of the toilet and the flange.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 10, 2023

Now, each time the toilet was flushed, water splashed around under the toilet, and some leaked out around the toilet flange.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 27, 2023

Two narrow straps cut from cold-rolled sheet steel were lapped over the extended flange and used to clamp the fins solidly in place.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam

Reef life thrives on hyperbolism, so to speak; the curvy surface structure of coral maximizes nutrient intake, and nudibranchs propel through water with frilly flanges.

From New York Times ● Jan. 15, 2024

The flanges would then have made contact with the end caps.

From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2023

I oversaw the plumber install the correct amount of wax rings on top of the toilet flanges and reset the toilets correctly.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 10, 2023

One can join them using special flanges, much like ordinary pipes.

From Scientific American ● Oct. 5, 2022

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

Beneath the car, unseen, are four flanged wheels of smaller diameter than the car’s tires.

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

The hot color flooded his face, his freckles were drowned in a red sea, his flanging ears were crimson.

From Jane Journeys On by Ruth Comfort Mitchell

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

The flanging arms of the V, forced in a place too narrow, had caught between heavy stubs.

From The Blazed Trail by Stewart Edward White

Shows all types of boilers used; gives details of construction; practical facts, such as life of riveting, punches and dies; work done per day, allowance for bending and flanging sheets and other data.

From Aviation Engines Design?Construction?Operation and Repair by Victor Wilfred Pag?

If the diameter of this tube should be much greater than that of the small tube, the latter may be enlarged with a carbon or a flanging tool.

From Laboratory Manual of Glass-Blowing by Francis C. (Francis Cowles) Frary




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