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Flank may refer to:

• Flank, the side of either a horse or a military unit
• Flanking maneuver in military tactics
• Flank (electronics), the waveform edge formed when a signal goes high or low
• Flank, a region of the posterior torso (lower back) beneath the ribs and above the ilium
• Flank, a specific position in rugby union, Australian rules football and American football
• Flank steak, a specific cut of beef
• Flank speed, the maximum possible speed of a ship, faster than full speed
• Flanking path, an indirect path of sound transmission within a building studied in the field of architectural acoustics
• Flank opening, a chess opening played by White and typified by play on one or both flanks (the portion of the chess board outside the central d and e files)
• Flanking region or flanking sequence, the DNA segments that are on either side of (but not part of) a locus; see also 5' flanking region and 3' flanking region
• Flanking gene, a gene adjacent to the gene of interest

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