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Definition of Flanger
1. Noun. (music) An electronic device that alters the sound of an instrument by combining out-of-phase copies of its original sound ¹
2. Noun. (American English) A mechanical device used to remove ice and snow from railway lines ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Flanger
1. one that flanges [n -S] - See also: flanges
Lexicographical Neighbors of Flanger
Literary usage of Flanger
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Science of Railways by Marshall Monroe Kirkman (1904)
"SNOW flanger. THE Q & C-PRIEST SNOW flanger. This flanger is supported directly
on the engine truck boxes, a few inches in front of the forward wheels. ..."
2. The Science of Railways by Marshall Monroe Kirkman (1914)
"This flanger is supported directly on the engine t ruck boxes, ... This flanger
is operated by compressed air by means of a cylinder located on or near the ..."
3. The Trackman's Helper: A Book of Instruction for Track Foremen by Joseph Kindelan, Frederick Augustus Smith, F. R. Coates, Jerry Sullivan (1894)
"The modern rotary snow plow and flanger put a quietus on the old snow plow, ...
If the rotary plow and flanger are kept patrolling the line during a storm ..."
4. Notes on Track: Construction and Maintenance by Walter Mason Camp (1903)
"The flanger is operated by an 8-in. air cylinder placed under the running board and
... The Russell flanger, already referred to, is shown as Fig. ..."
5. Vital Records of Andover, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 by Andover (Mass.), Andover (Mass (1912)
"flanger, , fits, May 9, 1846, a. 9 m. 5 d. FLEMING (see also Flemming), Easter, d.
Robert and Allen (?), Aug. 20, 1840, a. 4 m. GR a. Martha, d. ..."
6. Hydraulic Power and Hydraulic Machinery by Henry Robinson (1904)
"54 shows a Tweddell hydraulic flanger which is designed to do the work step by
step, and following generally, but more perfectly, the present hand process, ..."
7. Practical Track Maintenance by Kenneth L. Van Auken (1921)
"Set up flanger signs. 6. Clean surface and track ditches and if possible place
the material where it will strengthen embankments. 7. ..."
8. Railway Track and Track Work by Edward Ernest Russell Tratman (1908)
"An ' important auxiliary to the snow plow is the flanger, which clears the ...
Pilot Snow Plow and flanger. or air cylinders, it being necessarily raised at ..."
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