Pinch or pinching may refer to:
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Pinch (action), to grip an object or substance between two fingers.
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Pinch (unit), a very small amount of an ingredient, typically salt or a spice
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Pinch (whisky)
Haig () is a brand of Scotch whisky, originally manufactured by John Haig & Co Ltd. The brand and its original distillery are now part of Diageo, the world's largest spirits company and a major producer of beer.
Products
Haig offers four whis ...
or Haig's Pinch, brand of Scotch whisky
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Pinch, Indiana
Pinch is an unincorporated community in Stoney Creek Township, Randolph County, in the U.S. state of Indiana
Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 ...
, an unincorporated community
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Pinch, West Virginia, a census-designated place in Kanawha County
Mathematics and science
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Pinch (plasma physics), the compression of a plasma filament by magnetic forces, or a device which uses this effect for magnetic fusion energy
* Pinching is a
multi-touch gesture, done by squeezing one's fingers on a
touchscreen
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Pinch point (economics) A pinch-point is the level of inventories
Inventory (American English) or stock (British English) refers to the goods and materials that a business holds for the ultimate goal of resale, production or utilisation.
Inventory management is a dis ...
, the level of inventory below which consumers become concerned about security of supply
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Pinch point (mathematics)
image:Whitney_unbrella.png, frame, Section of the Whitney umbrella, an example of pinch point singularity.
In geometry, a pinch point or cuspidal point is a type of Singular point of an algebraic variety, singular point on an algebraic surface.
Th ...
, a type of singular point on an algebraic surface
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Pinch analysis
Pinch analysis is a methodology for minimising energy consumption of process (engineering), chemical processes by calculating thermodynamically feasible ''energy targets'' (or minimum energy consumption) and achieving them by optimising heat reco ...
, a methodology for minimising energy consumption of chemical processes
Arts and culture
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The Pinch
''The Pinch'' is a literary journal published at the University of Memphis. The journal is published biannually. Work that has appeared in ''The Pinch'' has been reprinted in the ''Best American Essays'' and ''Best American Nonrequired Reading' ...
'', a literary journal published at University of Memphis
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Pinched'', a 1917 film starring Harold Lloyd
* A puppet voiced and operated by Bill Schulz on ''
Red Eye w/Greg Gutfeld''
* Tom Pinch and Ruth Pinch, characters in the novel ''
Martin Chuzzlewit'' by Charles Dickens
* Doctor Pinch, character in ''
The Comedy of Errors'' by William Shakespeare
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''Pinch'' (film), a 2019 animated short film by Diego Maclean
People
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Pinch (drummer)
Pinch or pinching may refer to:
* Pinch (action), to grip an object or substance between two fingers.
* Pinch (unit), a very small amount of an ingredient, typically salt or a spice
* Pinch (whisky) or Haig's Pinch, brand of Scotch whisky
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(born Andrew Pinching, born 1965), drummer for punk band ''The Damned''
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Pinch (dubstep musician) (born Rob Ellis, born 1980), electronic musician who produces dubstep
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Colin Pinch
Colin Pinch (23 June 1921 – 17 November 2006) was an Australian cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each compr ...
(1921–2006), Australian cricketer
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John Pinch the elder (1769–1827), British architect in Bath
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John Pinch the younger (1796–1849), British architect in Bath
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Trevor Pinch (born 1952), British sociologist at Cornell University
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Frank Pinch (1891–1961), English cricketer
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William Pinch (born 1940), mineralogist from Rochester, New York
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Evelyn Pinching (1915–1988), British alpine skier
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William Wyatt Pinching (1851–1878), rugby union international who represented England in 1872
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Pinch Thomas (1888–1953), backup catcher in Major League Baseball
Sports
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Pinch hitter (baseball), a substitute batter
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Pinch hitter (cricket), a batsman (not a substitute) promoted up the batting order
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Pinch runner
In baseball, a pinch runner is a player substituted for the specific purpose of replacing another player on base. The pinch runner may be faster or otherwise more skilled at base-running than the player for whom the pinch runner has been sub ...
, a baseball player substituted for a player on base
See also
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John Pinch (disambiguation) John Pinch may refer to:
* John Pinch the Younger (1796–1849), Bath architect
* John Pinch the Elder (1769–1827), Bath architect
*John Pinch (rugby)
John Pinch (2 December 1870 – 3 March 1946) was an English rugby union footballer who p ...
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Pinch point (disambiguation)
Pinch point may refer to:
* Pinch point (economics), the level of inventories of a commodity or product below which consumers become concerned about security of supply
* Pinch point (mathematics), a type of singular point on an algebraic surface
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