| Webster's Online Dictionary |
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| Verb | 1. To run, pour, roll or whizz.[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. Present participle conjugation of the verb flank.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (flank) |
1. Be located at the sides of something or somebody.[Wordnet]. 2. To stand at the flank or side of; to border upon.[Websters]. 3. To overlook or command the flank of; to secure or guard the flank of; to pass around or turn the flank of; to attack, or threaten to attack; the flank of.[Websters]. 4. To border; to touch.[Websters]. 5. To be posted on the side.[Websters]. 6. Base verb from the following inflections: flanking, flanked, flanks, flanker, flankers, flankingly and flankedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adjective | 1. Being sloping or slanting. [Eve - graph theoretic] 2. Being lateral or sidelong. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. Being parietal. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. Being adjacent, contiguous, nearby, neighboring or conterminous. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. Being riveting.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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"Flanking" is a common misspelling or typo for: clanking. |
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Date "Flanking" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1801. (references) |
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| Environment | Attacking a fire by working along the flanks either simultaneously or successively from a less active or anchor point position and endeavoring to connect the two lines at the fire's head. (references) | ||
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| Flanking marketing warfare strategies | In marketing and strategic management, marketing warfare strategies are a type of marketing strategy that uses military metaphor to craft a businesses strategy. See marketing warfare strategies for background and an overview. Flanking marketing warfare strategies are a type of marketing warfare strategy designed to minimize confrontational losses. (references) | ||
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| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Flanking attack | Military | (DOD, NATO) An offensive maneuver directed at the flank of an enemy. See also frontal attack. (references) | |
| Flanking buoy | Energy | Buoy tied to the corner of a tow so pilot can tell when tow has been checked. (references) | |
| Flanking Fire | Environment | Fire that is moving perpendicular to the wind (See heading and backing fire). (references) | |
| Flanking hole | Mining | A shothole drilled at an acute angle to the coal face for the purpose of trimming it. (references) | |
| Flanking hole method | Mining | Holes bored into the face at an angle which may vary from 30 degrees to 60 degrees to the line of face and 6 to 7 ft (1.8 to 2.1 m) long. The distance between shot holes, the angle of the hole, and the charge, depend to a great extent on the hardness of the coal. As the coal grows harder, the burden on each shothole must be reduced by placing the shotholes closer together and reducing the angle of the hole to the face. (references) | |
| Flanking line | Weather | 1: A line of cumulus connected to and extending outward from the most active portion of a parent cumulonimbus, usually found on the southwest side of the storm. The cloud line has roughly a stair step appearance with the taller clouds adjacent to the parent cumulonimbus. It is most frequently associated with strong or severe thunderstorms. (references) | |
| 2: A line of cumulus or towering cumulus clouds connected to and extending outward from the most active part of a supercell, normally on the southwest side. The line normally has a stair-step appearance, with the tallest clouds closest to the main storm, and generally coincides with the pseudo-cold front. (references) | |||
| Flanking maneuver | Energy | Maneuvering action of a tow (when downbound) approaching at an angle (usually 30 to 45 degrees) at bridges or locks or in sharp bends. Only the current is utilized for headway, and the engines and rudders are used to maintain the angle until just before the lead barges reach the bridge span, at which time the engines are backed and the head of the tow is swung gently in line with the opening. Then full power is applied to drive through the opening. This is the safest way that a heavy tow can make tight passages. (references) | |
| Flanking region | Geology | The DNA sequences extending on either side of a specific locus or gene. (references) | |
| Flanking rudder | Energy | A rudder installed forward of the screw, used for maneuvering when the propellers are turning a stem regardless of the direction of actual movement of the towboat. Also called "backing rudders." (references) | |
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Topics by Level of Interest: FLANKING | ||||
| Topics sorted by level of Interest | Level (1=low, 600=high) | Topics sorted Alphabetically | Level (1=low, 600=high) | |
| Flanking maneuver | 20 | Flanking maneuver | 20 | |
| Flanking marketing warfare strategies | 5 | Flanking marketing warfare strategies | 5 | |
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Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses). | ||||
| Language | Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses) | |||
| Al Arabiya | كَشْح (flank, flanked, flanking, flanks, waist), أَيْطَل (flank, flanked, flanking, flanks, waist), خاصِرَة (flank, side, flanked, flanking, flanks), جَنْب (flank, side, bearing, bearings, beside), شاكِلَة (configuration, configurations, conformation, figuration, figurations), جَنَاحُ الجَيْش (flank, flanked, flanking, flanks, wing), وَسَط (center, milieu, ordinary, waist, average), لَامَسَ (abut, abuts, abutted, abutting, feel), كَنَف (shade, care, flank, protection, bosom), لاصَقَ (abut, abuts, abutted, abutting, flank). Additional references: Al Arabiya, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, flanking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Al Fus-Ha | كَشْح (flank, flanked, flanking, flanks, waist), أَيْطَل (flank, flanked, flanking, flanks, waist), خاصِرَة (flank, side, flanked, flanking, flanks), جَنْب (flank, side, bearing, bearings, beside), شاكِلَة (configuration, configurations, conformation, figuration, figurations), جَنَاحُ الجَيْش (flank, flanked, flanking, flanks, wing), وَسَط (center, milieu, ordinary, waist, average), لَامَسَ (abut, abuts, abutted, abutting, feel), كَنَف (shade, care, flank, protection, bosom), لاصَقَ (abut, abuts, abutted, abutting, flank). Additional references: Al Fus-Ha, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, flanking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Arabic | كَشْح (flank, flanked, flanking, flanks, waist), أَيْطَل (flank, flanked, flanking, flanks, waist), خاصِرَة (flank, side, flanked, flanking, flanks), جَنْب (flank, side, bearing, bearings, beside), شاكِلَة (configuration, configurations, conformation, figuration, figurations), جَنَاحُ الجَيْش (flank, flanked, flanking, flanks, wing), وَسَط (center, milieu, ordinary, waist, average), لَامَسَ (abut, abuts, abutted, abutting, feel), كَنَف (shade, care, flank, protection, bosom), لاصَقَ (abut, abuts, abutted, abutting, flank). Additional references: Arabic, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, flanking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Bohemian | popreèni (flanking, lateral), boèni (flanking, lateral, side, sideward, sidewise), bočně připojená konstrukce (flanking structure), boční okno (flanking window, side window), bočná palba (flanking fire), sousední kanál (adjacent channel, flanking channel). Additional references: Bohemian, Czech Republic, flanking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Brazilian Portuguese | flanqueando (outflanking, flanking). Additional references: Brazilian Portuguese, Portugal, Angola, flanking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Cestina | popreèni (flanking, lateral), boèni (flanking, lateral, side, sideward, sidewise), bočně připojená konstrukce (flanking structure), boční okno (flanking window, side window), bočná palba (flanking fire), sousední kanál (adjacent channel, flanking channel). Additional references: Cestina, Czech Republic, flanking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Chinese Simplified | 翼侧包围 (outflank, flanking, outflanked, outflanking, outflanks). Additional references: Chinese Simplified, China, Brunei, flanking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Corse | sunà (execute, to execute, act, play, to play), sciaccà (clap, crush, to click, grind, run over), pruteghje da latu (clap, flanking, fling, throw down), prutegge da latu (clap, flanking, fling, throw down), lampà (launch, pour, pull, shoot, throw), fianchighjà (clap, flanking, fling, throw down), appiuppà (clap, flanking, fling, throw down), appicciaccà (clap, flanking, fling, throw down), affiancà (gather, reunite, to reunite, assemble, join). Additional references: Corse, France, Italy, flanking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Corsi | sunà (execute, to execute, act, play, to play), sciaccà (clap, crush, to click, grind, run over), pruteghje da latu (clap, flanking, fling, throw down), prutegge da latu (clap, flanking, fling, throw down), lampà (launch, pour, pull, shoot, throw), fianchighjà (clap, flanking, fling, throw down), appiuppà (clap, flanking, fling, throw down), appicciaccà (clap, flanking, fling, throw down), affiancà (gather, reunite, to reunite, assemble, join). Additional references: Corsi, France, Italy, flanking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Corsican | sunà (execute, to execute, act, play, to play), sciaccà (clap, crush, to click, grind, run over), pruteghje da latu (clap, flanking, fling, throw down), prutegge da latu (clap, flanking, fling, throw down), lampà (launch, pour, pull, shoot, throw), fianchighjà (clap, flanking, fling, throw down), appiuppà (clap, flanking, fling, throw down), appicciaccà (clap, flanking, fling, throw down), affiancà (gather, reunite, to reunite, assemble, join). Additional references: Corsican, France, Italy, flanking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Corso | sunà (execute, to execute, act, play, to play), sciaccà (clap, crush, to click, grind, run over), pruteghje da latu (clap, flanking, fling, throw down), prutegge da latu (clap, flanking, fling, throw down), lampà (launch, pour, pull, shoot, throw), fianchighjà (clap, flanking, fling, throw down), appiuppà (clap, flanking, fling, throw down), appicciaccà (clap, flanking, fling, throw down), affiancà (gather, reunite, to reunite, assemble, join). Additional references: Corso, France, Italy, flanking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Corsu | sunà (execute, to execute, act, play, to play), sciaccà (clap, crush, to click, grind, run over), pruteghje da latu (clap, flanking, fling, throw down), prutegge da latu (clap, flanking, fling, throw down), lampà (launch, pour, pull, shoot, throw), fianchighjà (clap, flanking, fling, throw down), appiuppà (clap, flanking, fling, throw down), appicciaccà (clap, flanking, fling, throw down), affiancà (gather, reunite, to reunite, assemble, join). Additional references: Corsu, France, Italy, flanking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Czech | popreèni (flanking, lateral), boèni (flanking, lateral, side, sideward, sidewise), bočně připojená konstrukce (flanking structure), boční okno (flanking window, side window), bočná palba (flanking fire), sousední kanál (adjacent channel, flanking channel). Additional references: Czech, Czech Republic, flanking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Deutsch | angrenzend (adjacent, adjoining, flanking, neighbouring, bordering), seitlich angrenzend (flanking), die Nebenwegübertragung (flanking transmission), die Flankenübertragung (flanking transmission), Mauerturm (flanking tower), Flankenübertragung (flanking transmission). Additional references: Deutsch, Germany, Austria, flanking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Dutch | flankerende overdracht (flanking transmission). Additional references: Dutch, Netherlands, Aruba, flanking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Finnish | kaartoliike (flanking attack). Additional references: Finnish, Finland, Russia (Europe), flanking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Français | manœuvre de flanquement (flanking), contournement par le feu (flanking), attaque par les flancs (flanking, flanking action), flanquant (flanking), flanquer (flank, clap, dash, crown, flanking), flanquement (backing and flanking, flanking, fling), transmission indirecte (flanking transmission), région flanquante (flanking sequence), porteuses contiguës (flanking carriers), méthode flanquante (flanking method). Additional references: Français, France, Algeria, flanking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| French | manœuvre de flanquement (flanking), contournement par le feu (flanking), attaque par les flancs (flanking, flanking action), flanquant (flanking), flanquer (flank, clap, dash, crown, flanking), flanquement (backing and flanking, flanking, fling), transmission indirecte (flanking transmission), région flanquante (flanking sequence), porteuses contiguës (flanking carriers), méthode flanquante (flanking method). Additional references: French, France, Algeria, flanking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| German | angrenzend (adjacent, adjoining, flanking, neighbouring, bordering), seitlich angrenzend (flanking), die Nebenwegübertragung (flanking transmission), die Flankenübertragung (flanking transmission), Mauerturm (flanking tower), Flankenübertragung (flanking transmission). Additional references: German, Germany, Austria, flanking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| High Arabic | كَشْح (flank, flanked, flanking, flanks, waist), أَيْطَل (flank, flanked, flanking, flanks, waist), خاصِرَة (flank, side, flanked, flanking, flanks), جَنْب (flank, side, bearing, bearings, beside), شاكِلَة (configuration, configurations, conformation, figuration, figurations), جَنَاحُ الجَيْش (flank, flanked, flanking, flanks, wing), وَسَط (center, milieu, ordinary, waist, average), لَامَسَ (abut, abuts, abutted, abutting, feel), كَنَف (shade, care, flank, protection, bosom), لاصَقَ (abut, abuts, abutted, abutting, flank). Additional references: High Arabic, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, flanking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| High German | angrenzend (adjacent, adjoining, flanking, neighbouring, bordering), seitlich angrenzend (flanking), die Nebenwegübertragung (flanking transmission), die Flankenübertragung (flanking transmission), Mauerturm (flanking tower), Flankenübertragung (flanking transmission). Additional references: High German, Germany, Austria, flanking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Hochdeutsch | angrenzend (adjacent, adjoining, flanking, neighbouring, bordering), seitlich angrenzend (flanking), die Nebenwegübertragung (flanking transmission), die Flankenübertragung (flanking transmission), Mauerturm (flanking tower), Flankenübertragung (flanking transmission). Additional references: Hochdeutsch, Germany, Austria, flanking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Hungarian | oldalmenet (flanking march, flank march), oldalozó tűz (flanking fire), oldaltűz (flanking fire, oblique fire), oldaltûz (flanking fire, oblique fire), oldalozó tûz (flanking fire), átkaroló támadás (encircling attack, flanking attack). Additional references: Hungarian, Hungary, Austria, flanking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Italian | complementare (complementary, complemental, flanking), area circostante (flanking area). Additional references: Italian, Italy, Croatia, flanking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Japanese | フランキング (flanking), 側面に並べ (flanking), 側方の (flanking), 側方 (flanking, lateral, laterally), 側射 (flanking fire, flanking), 袖垣 (low fence flanking a gate or entrance), そでがき (low fence flanking a gate or entrance), そくしゃ (flanking fire, quick firing, rapid firing, side car, snapshot), フランキング領域 (flanking region). Additional references: Japanese, Japan, Taiwan, flanking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Latvian | pavadošie pasākumi (accompanying measures, flanking measures), atbalstošie pasākumi (accompanying measures, flanking measures), uzbrukums flangam (flanking attack), saistītie pasākumi (accompanying measures, flanking measures). Additional references: Latvian, Latvia, flanking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Latviska | pavadošie pasākumi (accompanying measures, flanking measures), atbalstošie pasākumi (accompanying measures, flanking measures), uzbrukums flangam (flanking attack), saistītie pasākumi (accompanying measures, flanking measures). Additional references: Latviska, Latvia, flanking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Lettisch | pavadošie pasākumi (accompanying measures, flanking measures), atbalstošie pasākumi (accompanying measures, flanking measures), uzbrukums flangam (flanking attack), saistītie pasākumi (accompanying measures, flanking measures). Additional references: Lettisch, Latvia, flanking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Lettish | pavadošie pasākumi (accompanying measures, flanking measures), atbalstošie pasākumi (accompanying measures, flanking measures), uzbrukums flangam (flanking attack), saistītie pasākumi (accompanying measures, flanking measures). Additional references: Lettish, Latvia, flanking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Magyar | oldalmenet (flanking march, flank march), oldalozó tűz (flanking fire), oldaltűz (flanking fire, oblique fire), oldaltûz (flanking fire, oblique fire), oldalozó tûz (flanking fire), átkaroló támadás (encircling attack, flanking attack). Additional references: Magyar, Hungary, Austria, flanking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Polish | oskrzydlający (flanking), oskrzydlenie (flanking movement), atak oskrzydlający (flanking attack). Additional references: Polish, Poland, Czech Republic, flanking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Polnisch | oskrzydlający (flanking), oskrzydlenie (flanking movement), atak oskrzydlający (flanking attack). Additional references: Polnisch, Poland, Czech Republic, flanking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Polski | oskrzydlający (flanking), oskrzydlenie (flanking movement), atak oskrzydlający (flanking attack). Additional references: Polski, Poland, Czech Republic, flanking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Portuguese | flanqueando (outflanking, flanking), medida de acompanhamento (accompanying measure, back-up measure, flanking measure, support measure). Additional references: Portuguese, Portugal, Angola, flanking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Russian | фланкирующий (flanking), фланговый (flanking). Additional references: Russian, Russia, China, flanking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Russian (transliteration) | flankiruyushchiy (flanking), flangovyy (flanking). Additional references: Russian, Russia, China, flanking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Russki | фланкирующий (flanking), фланговый (flanking). Additional references: Russki, Russia, China, flanking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Russki (transliteration) | flankiruyushchiy (flanking), flangovyy (flanking). Additional references: Russki, Russia, China, flanking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Slovak | susedný kanál (adjacent channel, flanking channel). Additional references: Slovak, Slovakia, Hungary, flanking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Slovakian | susedný kanál (adjacent channel, flanking channel). Additional references: Slovakian, Slovakia, Hungary, flanking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Slovene | spremljajoč ukrep (flanking measure). Additional references: Slovene, Slovenia, Austria, flanking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Slovenian | spremljajoč ukrep (flanking measure). Additional references: Slovenian, Slovenia, Austria, flanking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Slovenscina | spremljajoč ukrep (flanking measure). Additional references: Slovenscina, Slovenia, Austria, flanking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Spanish | flanquear (outflank, flank, to outflank, flanking, mount side by side), corrimiento (coulure, cross-joint, flanking, flow, landslide), desconchado (flaking, spalling, chip, chipping, flanking), viento de flanco (flanking wind), transmisión indirecta (flanking transmission), torre flanqueante (flanking tower), misión de flanqueo (flank security role, flanking mission), contraataque de flanco (flanking counterattack), secuencia flanqueadora (flanking sequence). Additional references: Spanish, Spain, Mexico, flanking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Suomea | kaartoliike (flanking attack). Additional references: Suomea, Finland, Russia (Europe), flanking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Suomi | kaartoliike (flanking attack). Additional references: Suomi, Finland, Russia (Europe), flanking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Turkish | yandan (sideways, edgeways, flanking, laterally, sideward), yan (side, flank, way, ancillary, behalf), sınırdaş (contiguous, abutting, adjacent, bordering, coterminous), komşu (neighbour, adjacent, neighbor, contiguous, neighbors), kanat (wing, flank, pinion, aerofoil, fin). Additional references: Turkish, Turkey, Bulgaria, flanking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
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| Language | Translations for “flanking” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses. | |||
| Pig Latin | ankingflay (flanking). Additional references: Pig Latin, flanking. (volunteer) | |||
| Terran B | alniquea (flanking). Additional references: Terran B, flanking. (volunteer) | |||
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