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PRONUNCIATION OF PINCH POINT

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PINCH POINT

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determiner
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Pinch point is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PINCH POINT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Pinch point

Pinch point may refer to: ▪ Pinch point, the level of inventories of a commodity or product below which consumers become concerned about security of supply ▪ Pinch point, a type of singular point on an algebraic surface ▪ Kerb extension, a traffic calming measure consisting of an angled narrowing of the roadway ▪ Bottleneck, a phenomenon where the performance or capacity of a system is limited by one component or resource ▪ The point of closest approach between the hot and cold composite curves in pinch analysis...

Definition of pinch point in the English dictionary

The definition of pinch point in the dictionary is a traffic-calming measure in which the road narrows to one lane, with a sign indicating which oncoming driver should give way.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PINCH POINT

pincer-like
pincers
pinch
pinch bar
pinch bug
pinch effect
pinch pennies
pinch-hit
pinch-hitter
pinch-hitting
pinchbeck
pinchcock
pincheck
pinched
pincher
pinchfist
pinchgut
pinchingly
pinchpennies
pinchpenny

WORDS THAT END LIKE PINCH POINT

access point
appoint
at knife-point
beside the point
checkpoint
cut-off point
disappoint
joint
midpoint
pick-up point
pinpoint
point
power point
price point
standpoint
starting point
talking point
to the point
try for a point
up to a point
viewpoint

Synonyms and antonyms of pinch point in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «pinch point» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PINCH POINT

Find out the translation of pinch point to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of pinch point from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «pinch point» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

掐尖
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

punto de pellizco
570 millions of speakers

English

pinch point
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

चुटकी बिंदु
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

نقطة قرصة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

щепотка точка
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ponto de aperto
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

চিম্টি পয়েন্ট
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

point de pincement
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Titik jepit
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Klemmpunkt
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ピンチポイント
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

핀치 포인트
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Jempol titik
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

điểm pinch
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சிட்டிகை புள்ளி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

चिमटा बिंदू
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Tutam noktası
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

punto di presa
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

punkt szczypta
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

щіпка точка
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

punct pinch
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σημείο πρέζα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

knippie punt
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

klämpunkt
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Klem
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of pinch point

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PINCH POINT»

The term «pinch point» is regularly used and occupies the 104.759 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PINCH POINT» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about pinch point

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PINCH POINT»

Discover the use of pinch point in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pinch point and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Process Control: Structures and Applications
PINCH POINT In the previous example the stipulation of a minimum driving force was the criterion that determined how much external heating had to be required. The point at which this minimum temperature difference between the streams ...
Jens G. Balchen, 1988
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Pinch Point
Foster Smith. with him on the World Trade Center investigation. A guy who works at Fallon Worldwide, and who was living with one of the victims, told him a strange story about using computers at Fallon to trace some international commodity ...
Foster Smith, 2000
3
CRC Handbook of Energy Efficiency
Their design procedure is based on the concept of a pseudo-pinch point. ... temperatures, a new interpretation of the problem could be this: As AfE^ is less than AfNmin, an amount of energy a traverses the Af^,, conventional pinch point.
Frank Kreith, Ronald E. West, 1996
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Handbook of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
Pinch point Q hmin Q cmin T H Newpinch point Qhmin+ α Q cmin + α (a) (b) T H α α FIGURE 15.26 (a) Energyrelaxation with heat transfer across the pinch point. (b ) Newpinch point with minimum energyconsumption plus ( a). Apseudo-pinch ...
D. Yogi Goswami, Frank Kreith, 2007
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Membrane Process Design Using Residue Curve Maps
In the description of the behavior of the retentate column profile, the pinch point loci incorporated were those relating to the retentate. The corresponding permeate pinch point loci can be generated by material balance. This would be useful ...
Mark Peters, David Glasser, Diane Hildebrandt, 2011
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Loss Prevention and Safety Control: Terms and Definitions
Pinch Point A pinch point is any point at which it is possible for a person or part of a person's body to be caught between moving parts of a machine, or between the moving and stationary parts of a machine, or between material and any part of ...
Dennis P. Nolan, 2010
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Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London
... 4 in the order of the spinode curve arise. 23. The pinch-point, or singularity=1, is in fact mentioned in SALMON; it is a point on the nodal curve such that the two tangent planes coincide, or say it is a cuspidal point on the nodal curve.
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Artificial Invention: Synthesis of Innovative Thermal ...
cover other problems, such as heat and power integration problem, and heat integration of distillation columas. Hohmann '45), Linnhoff and Flower (46), and Umeda (47) proposed a technique that finds special significance in a "pinch point .
Alexander Kott, 1989
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Working Effectively with Legacy Code
Judging Design with Pinch Points Another way of finding a pinch point is to look for common usage across an effect sketch (155). A method or variable might have three users, but that doesn't mean that it is being used in three distinct ways.
Michael Feathers, 2004
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Heat Exchanger Network Synthesis: Process Optimization by ...
This holds good for the pseudo-pinch point also, which is defined in terms of the inlet temperature of this stream. Furthermore, as in the conventional pinch, there is a heat sink above the pseudo-pinch (where only hot utility is required) and a ...
Uday V. Shenoy, 1995

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PINCH POINT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term pinch point is used in the context of the following news items.
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IBEC warns failure to reform tax system will leave Ireland behind UK
"The pinch point are out there - infrastructure, transport housing - they're all there". "If we don't address them now, we will choke off the growth ... «Newstalk 106-108 fm, Jul 15»
2
SME risk having assets seized as tax deadline looms
“The July 31 tax deadline can be a major pinch point in SMEs' cash-flow cycles. It is essential they use the remaining days to get sufficient ... «GrowthBusiness.co.uk, Jul 15»
3
Small businesses welcome efforts to tackle late payment
Cash flow is king and any pinch point can significantly hamper a small businesses ability to cover regular overheads such as rent, business ... «Ledbury Reporter, Jul 15»
4
Machen MacDonald: Increase productivity by going to the BEACH
If you focus on the one issue or pinch point in your business, you get more issues. Focus on what's right and you get more right. C — Connect ... «The Union of Grass Valley, Jul 15»
5
New £7 million road linking A500 and Gresty Road to be unveiled
Cheshire East Council lobbied the Department for Transport for 'pinch point' funding for the road which is designed to ease congestion in the ... «Nantwich News, Jul 15»
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'Positive' step in bid to address Vinces Road and A1066 traffic woe
A further bid to this fund could be considered, while in previous years the government has offered a Local Pinch Point Fund, which aims to ... «Diss Express, Jul 15»
7
Study shows traffic impact of 450 new homes
“None of the sites individually will have an impact on the traffic but all together there will be, particularly along Greys Road and the pinch point ... «Henley Standard, Jul 15»
8
Road scheme is delayed a week
The transformation project comes from Local Pinch Point funding from the Department for Transport. The artwork which currently sits on the ... «Wigan Today, Jul 15»
9
Turning to Kids to Test Toys for Seal of Approval
... had succumbed to a choking hazard or been brought to tears by a pinch point or sharp edge, which is among the things the institute tests for. «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
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Traffic: Collision on A5 in Old Stratford - and delays on M1 and M25 …
The A421 pinch point roadworks at the Kingston Roundabout are leading to queues on the road heading Westbound into Milton Keynes ... «oneMK, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Pinch point [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/pinch-point>. May 2024 ».
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