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
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
“A metal flange that had been banged aside?”
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
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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
If there are, investigators will want to examine them for any evidence of the carbon layers beginning to separate - a process known as delamination - especially at the point where they joined the flanges.
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
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
Beneath the car, unseen, are four flanged wheels of smaller diameter than the car’s tires.
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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Fire-door opening formed by flanging and riveting together the inner and outer sheets.
From Illustrated Catalogue of Locomotives Baldwin Locomotive Works by Matthew Baird
Shows all types of boilers used; gives details of construction; practical facts, such as life of riveting, punches and dies; work done per day, allowance for bending and flanging sheets and other data.
From Aviation Engines Design?Construction?Operation and Repair by Victor Wilfred Pag?
This flanging may be done in several ways.
From Laboratory Manual of Glass-Blowing by Francis C. (Francis Cowles) Frary
To the first belong flanging and welding, to the latter generally all the other operations.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" by Various
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 Francis C. (Francis Cowles) Frary
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