Flangeless

/flændʒləs/ adjective

Definition

Without a flange or flanges; lacking a protruding rim or edge.

Etymology

English compound of 'flange' plus the suffix '-less' meaning without, following standard English word-formation patterns.

Kelly Says

Technical language gets amusingly specific—engineers had to invent 'flangeless' to specify what something *doesn't* have, showing how important flanges are to industrial design.

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