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flange

[flanj] / flændʒ /


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A 24-by-6-inch piece broke from the flange of one structural girder, Pihlstrom said.

From Seattle Times ● May 4, 2023

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

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 10, 2023

The flange flares out and a flat surface is at the top.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 10, 2023

While the flooring contractor’s intentions may have been good, he broke the all-important toilet gasket seal and buried the toilet flange with the new laminate flooring.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 27, 2023

“A metal flange that had been banged aside?”

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson

Bright orange robotic arms fastened bolts onto engine manifolds, pipe flanges and pump housings.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026

Still, Kenmore created a new replacement part, doubling the thickness and adding flanges to make installation more flexible.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 5, 2023

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

From BBC ● Jun. 29, 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

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

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

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 George Ade

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

The removal of his velvet hat disclosed wide and flanging ears which gave his face an expression of quaint comedy, now at variance with his aghast and solemn look.

From Jane Journeys On by Ruth Comfort Mitchell

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


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