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Definition of Flange

1. Noun. A projection used for strength or for attaching to another object.

Definition of Flange

1. n. 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. v. t. To make a flange on; to furnish with a flange.

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

Definition of Flange

1. Noun. An external or internal rib or rim, used either to add strength or to hold something in place. ¹

2. Noun. The projecting edge of a rigid or semi-rigid component. ¹

3. Noun. (gaming) An ability in a role-playing game which is not commonly available, overpowered or arbitrarily imposed by the referees. ¹

4. Noun. (vulgar slang) A vulva. ¹

5. Noun. (rare) The collective noun for a group of baboons. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Flange

1. to provide with a protecting rim [v FLANGED, FLANGING, FLANGES]

Medical Definition of Flange

1. That part of the denture base which extends from the cervical ends of the teeth to the border of the denture. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Flange

Literary usage of Flange

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Handbook of Building Construction: Data for Architects, Designing and by George Albert Hool, Nathan Clarke Johnson (1920)
"If X of the web is considered as flange area, then the spacing of rivets in a ... Plate Girder flange Splices.—When it is necessary to splice the flange of ..."

2. Scientific Papers by John William Strutt Rayleigh (1899)
"Influence of a flange on the Correction for the Open End of a Pipe. In theoretical investigations* as to the amount of the correction to the length of an ..."

3. The Theory and Practice of Modern Framed Structures, Designed for the Use of by John Butler Johnson, Charles Walter Bryan, Frederick Eugene Turneaure, William Spaulding Kinne (1916)
"41, the centre of gravity of the entire flange section is found be at a point ... Using this new effective depth, the revised flange str and flange area ..."

4. The Design of Steel Mill Buildings and the Calculation of Stresses in Framed by Milo Smith Ketchum (1921)
"The net section of the tension flange is to be determined as described in ... In designing the compression flange the unit stress should not exceed 16000 ..."

5. The Theory of Structures by Charles Milton Spofford (1915)
"flange Rivets. Ordinary Method of Computing Pitch. A plate girder flange receives its stress through the rivets which connect it to the web; hence, ..."

6. Structural Engineers' Handbook: Data for the Design and Construction of by Milo Smith Ketchum (1914)
"At the bottom flange in all cases, and at the top flange where cover plates ... Where the splice plates on the flange angles are omitted, the rivets in the ..."

7. Structural Engineers' Handbook: Data for the Design and Construction of by Milo Smith Ketchum (1918)
"At the bottom flange in all cases, and at the top flange where cover plates ... Where the splice plates on the flange angles are omitted, the rivets in the ..."

8. Proceedings of the United States Naval Institute by United States Naval Institute (1898)
"The two arms bear against the face of a flat, circular flange (called the locking flange), cast on a long sleeve (called the flange sleeve), which fits over ..."

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