• Pinch (action)
  Pinch (action)
  A pinch is a grip of a flexible object in which a portion is taken between two fingers, until it hurts, or something of resemblance and squeezed so the gripped portion of the object is lifted from its normal level...
  
  , the gripping of part of a substance, such as a powder or the skin
• Pinch (cooking)
  Pinch (cooking)
  A pinch in cooking is a very small amount of an ingredient, typically salt, sugar or spice. Traditionally it was defined as "an amount that can be taken between the thumb and forefinger". Historically the pinch was more precisely defined by some U.S...
  
  , a very small amount of an ingredient, typically salt or a spice
• Pinch, West Virginia
  Pinch, West Virginia
  Pinch is an unincorporated census-designated place in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 3,262 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Pinch is located at ....
  
  

Mathematics and Science

• Pinch analysis
  Pinch analysis
  Pinch analysis is a methodology for minimising energy consumption of chemical processes by calculating thermodynamically feasible energy targets and achieving them by optimising heat recovery systems, energy supply methods and process operating conditions...
  
   is a methodology for minimising energy consumption of chemical processes by calculating minimum energy consumption and by optimising heat recovery systems etc. It is also known as process integration
  Process integration
  Process integration is a term in chemical engineering which has two possible meanings.1. A holistic approach to process design which emphasizes the unity of the process and considers the interactions between different unit operations from the outset, rather than optimising them separately. This...
  
  , heat integration, energy integration or pinch technology.
• Pinch (plasma physics)
  Pinch (plasma physics)
  A pinch is the compression of an electrically conducting filament by magnetic forces. The conductor is usually a plasma, but could also be a solid or liquid metal...
  
  , the compression of a plasma filament by magnetic forces, or a device which uses this effect for magnetic fusion energy (the Z-pinch
  Z-pinch
  In fusion power research, the Z-pinch, also known as zeta pinch or Bennett pinch , is a type of plasma confinement system that uses an electrical current in the plasma to generate a magnetic field that compresses it...
  
   is a special case of such a device)
• The point of maximum constraint or minimum flow in various chemical engineering
  Chemical engineering
  Chemical engineering is the branch of engineering that deals with physical science , and life sciences with mathematics and economics, to the process of converting raw materials or chemicals into more useful or valuable forms...
  
   processes
• Pinch point (economics), the level of inventory below which consumers become concerned about security of supply
• Pinch point (mathematics)
  Pinch point (mathematics)
  right|frame|240px|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 on an algebraic surface....
  
  , a type of singular point on an algebraic surface
• Pinch temperature, the key point in a process when using pinch analysis
  Pinch analysis
  Pinch analysis is a methodology for minimising energy consumption of chemical processes by calculating thermodynamically feasible energy targets and achieving them by optimising heat recovery systems, energy supply methods and process operating conditions...
  
   techniques to minimise energy use.
• Pinching (technology), is a multitouch gesture to control touchscreens

Arts and Culture

• Pinched
  Pinched
  -Cast:* Harold Lloyd - The Boy* Snub Pollard* Bebe Daniels* William Blaisdell* Sammy Brooks* Bud Jamison* Margaret Joslin - * Gus Leonard* Fred C. Newmeyer* Charles Stevenson* Dorothea Wolbert...
  
  , a 1917 film starring Harold Lloyd
• Tom Pinch and Ruth Pinch, characters in the novel Martin Chuzzlewit
  Martin Chuzzlewit
  The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit is a novel by Charles Dickens, considered the last of his picaresque novels. It was originally serialized between 1843-1844. Dickens himself proclaimed Martin Chuzzlewit to be his best work, but it was one of his least popular novels...
  
  by Charles Dickens
  Charles Dickens
  Charles John Huffam Dickens was an English novelist, generally considered the greatest of the Victorian period. Dickens enjoyed a wider popularity and fame than had any previous author during his lifetime, and he remains popular, having been responsible for some of English literature's most iconic...
  
  
• Pinch, a puppet voiced and operated by Bill Schulz
  Bill Schulz
  William Dawes "Bill" Schulz is a regular panelist, writer, and producer on Fox News Channel's late night show, Red Eye w/ Greg Gutfeld since its debut on February 5, 2007...
  
   on Red Eye w/ Greg Gutfeld
  Red Eye w/ Greg Gutfeld
  Red Eye w/Greg Gutfeld is a late-night/early-morning satirical talk show on the Fox News Channel, airing at 3:00 am ET Tuesday through Saturday. The show features panelists and guests discussing the latest news in politics, pop culture, entertainment, business, sports, and religion...
  
  
• The Pinch
  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
  University of Memphis
  The University of Memphis is an American public research university located in the Normal Station neighborhood of Memphis, Tennessee and is the flagship public research university of the Tennessee Board of Regents system....
  
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People

• John Pinch the elder (1769–1827) and John Pinch the younger
  John Pinch the younger
  John Pinch the younger was an architect, working mainly in the city of Bath, England, and surveyor to the Pulteney and Darlington estate...
  
   (1796–1849), British architects in Bath
• Trevor Pinch
  Trevor Pinch
  Trevor J. Pinch is a sociologist and former chair of the Science and Technology Studies department at Cornell University.Pinch has a degree in Physics from the Imperial College London and a PhD in Sociology from the University of Bath...
  
   (born 1953), British sociologist at Cornell University

Music

• Pinch (drummer)
  Pinch (drummer)
  Pinch 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 English Dogs....
  
   (born Andrew Pinching), the drummer for punk band The Damned
• Pinch (dubstep musician)
  Pinch (dubstep musician)
  Rob Ellis, better known as Pinch, is a dubstep artist from Bristol, United Kingdom noted for his fusion of styles such as Reggae, World Music, and Dancehall with dubstep. He released his first album, Underwater Dancehall in 2007, on Tectonic records, which he founded...
  
   (born Rob Ellis), an electronic musician who produces dubstep

Sports

• Pinch hitter (baseball), a substitute batter
• Pinch hitter (cricket)
  Pinch hitter (cricket)
  In cricket, pinch hitter is the usual term for a batsman promoted up the batting order in order to score quick runs. As attempting to score runs quickly involves playing more aggressive shots and thus an increased likelihood of being dismissed, it is generally considered unwise for a top-order...
  
  , a batsman (not a substitute) promoted up the batting order
• Pinch runner
  Pinch runner
  A pinch runner is a baseball player substituted for the specific purpose of replacing a player on base. In the typical case, the pinch runner is faster or otherwise more skilled at base-running than the player for whom the pinch runner has been substituted...
  
  , a player substituted for a player on base