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  • 21Pinch-Effekt — (engl.: to pinch = quetschen) bezeichnet: Pinch Effekt (Elektrodynamik), den Effekt aus der Elektrodynamik, der in Plasmaphysik und Schweißtechnik von Bedeutung ist Pinch Effekt (Strömungslehre), den Effekt aus der Strömungslehre, der unter… …

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  • 22Pinch (cooking) — Pinch in cooking is a very small amount of an ingredient, typically salt, sugar or spice, the amount that can be pinched between the thumb and first finger. One pinch of fine salt is approximately 1/4 gram (20 24 pinches per teaspoon), but one… …

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  • 23Pinch (drummer) — Pinch (born Andrew Pinching on 5 September, 1965 in Grantham, Lincolnshire) is the current drummer in punk band The Damned. He has been with the band since 1999. He attended the King s School in Grantham, where he was a founder member of the… …

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  • 24Pinch Valve — is a full bore or fully ported type of control valve. No obstruction to flow passage. Major components of a pinch valve consists of body and a sleeve. The sleeve will contain the flow media and isolate it from the environment hence reducing… …

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  • 25Pinch — Pinch, WV U.S. Census Designated Place in West Virginia Population (2000): 2811 Housing Units (2000): 1194 Land area (2000): 3.507567 sq. miles (9.084557 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.037141 sq. miles (0.096194 sq. km) Total area (2000): 3.544708… …

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  • 26Pinch, WV — U.S. Census Designated Place in West Virginia Population (2000): 2811 Housing Units (2000): 1194 Land area (2000): 3.507567 sq. miles (9.084557 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.037141 sq. miles (0.096194 sq. km) Total area (2000): 3.544708 sq. miles… …

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  • 27pinch —    , pinch pot    Pinching is a pottery technique, fundamental to manipulating clay. Making a pinch pot is pressing the thumb into a ball of clay, and drawing the clay out into a pot by repeatedly squeezing the clay between the thumb and fingers …

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  • 28pinch-hit — pinch′ hit′ v. hit, hit•ting. v.i. 1) spo to substitute at bat for a teammate in baseball, often at a critical moment of a game 2) inf to substitute for someone, esp. in an emergency 3) spo to make (a hit) in pinch hitting • Etymology: 1930–35,… …

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  • 29pinch — The idiom at a pinch, meaning ‘if absolutely necessary’, is the BrE form; in AmE it has the form in a pinch …

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  • 30pinch runner — pinch running. Baseball. a player sent into a game to replace a base runner. [1960 65] * * * pinch runner, Baseball. a player who is substituted for a base runner: »Casey then took Hook out for a pinch runner, Rod Kanehl (New York Times) …

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