English
flanger
From flange + -er.
Formed from flange + -er
Frankish *hlanku ‘bend, curve’
Old French flanche ‘flank, side’
Middle French flanche
English flanch ‘a projection’
English flange
Today it means
noun An electronic device or software that alters the sound of an instrument by combining out-of-phase copies of its original sound.
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Etymograph / flanger