flange
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The solution provides a new clamp nut with a raised flange on the upper edge where safety wire is attached between the clamp nut and a bolt on the actuator barrel.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 5, 2023
A pair of pillows complement them, their flange tying into the little pops of pink that are found throughout the space.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 22, 2023
It is supposed to be screwed to the floor and it also has slots that accept brass bolts used to connect the toilet to the flange.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 10, 2023
But Cronin’s lab went beyond that to zero in on the underside of your disposal’s black rubber drain flange, a location that tends to overperform on ickiness.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 11, 2022
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
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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
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"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
And also in Wilson, whose music derives first of all from black doo-wop, and whose voice on this track is gradually supplanted by a flanged synthesizer, as if being written over by Monáe’s creativity.
From Slate ● May 1, 2018
It makes contact with a power rail, the flanged wheels roll onto rails of a track, and your car accelerates at a controlled rate of 0.3g.
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
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This loomed twenty feet aloft, flanging out mushroom-fashion over the lower story, which presented a solid base.
From Ralph in the Switch Tower by Chapman, Allen
A better flanging tool is made from a triangular piece of copper or brass, about 1⁄16 inch thick, and mounted in a suitable handle.
From Laboratory Manual of Glass-Blowing by Frary, Francis C. (Francis Cowles)
When flanging a tube, it is held and rotated with the left hand as above described, while the right hand holds the flanging tool.
From Laboratory Manual of Glass-Blowing by Frary, Francis C. (Francis Cowles)
This is an important matter in using steel rivets and should not be overlooked; the same principle applies to the heating of steel plates for flanging.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 810, July 11, 1891 by Various
He removed the Cap that had rested on his flanging Ears and sat at the Table with the Advance Agent and the English Tourist.
From More Fables by Ade, George
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