In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
FLANGING
Etymology
Noun
flanging (countable and uncountable, plural flangings)
(architecture) A flange.
(music) A time-based audio effect produced when two identical signals are mixed together, but with one signal time-delayed by a small and gradually changing amount, usually smaller than 20 milliseconds.
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Source: Wiktionary
FLANGE
Flange, n. Etym: [Prov. E. flange to project, flanch a projection. See Flanch, Flank.]
1. 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. Knight.
2. A plate or ring to form a rim at the end of a pipe when fastened to the pipe. Blind flange, a plate for covering or closing the end of a pipe.
– Flange joint, a joint, as that of pipes, where the connecting pieces have flanges by which the parts are bolted together. Knight. - Flange rail, a rail with a flange on one side, to keep wheels, etc. from running off.
– Flange turning, the process of forming a flange on a wrought iron plate by bending and hammering it wh
Flange, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flanged; p. pr. & vb. n. Flanging.] (Mach.)
Definition: To make a flange on; to furnish with a flange.
Flange, v. i.
Definition: To be bent into a flange.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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