| 单词 | flange |
| 释义 | flange —flangeless, adj. —flanger, n. /flanj/, n. , v. , flanged, flanging. n. 1. a projecting rim, collar, or ring on a shaft, pipe, machine housing, etc., cast or formed to give additional strength, stiffness, or supporting area, or to provide a place for the attachment of other objects. 2. a broad ridge or pair of ridges projecting from the edge of a rolled metal shape generally at right angles, in order to strengthen or stiffen it. 3. a ring or collar, usually provided with holes for bolts, and screwed or welded over the end of a tube or pipe to permit other objects to be attached to it. 4. (in plumbing) a plate or flat ring bolted to the flange at the end of a length of pipe to close the end or to connect it with the flange of another such length: blind flange; spectacle flange. v.i. 5. to project like, or take the form of, a flange. [1425-75; late ME flaunche side charge (on shield face) < MF flanche, fem. of flanc FLANK] |
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