Pinning — can refer to a number of things*Pinning, the effect of certain weapons that cause their targets to be pinned down. *Pinning ceremony, a symbolic welcoming of newly graduated nurses into the nursing profession *Pinning force, a force acting on a… … Wikipedia
Pinning points — In a crystalline material, a dislocation is capable of traveling throughout the lattice when relatively small stresses are applied. This movement of dislocations results in the material plastically deforming. Pinning points in the material act to … Wikipedia
Zener pinning — is the influence of a dispersion of fine particles on the movement of low and high angle grain boundaries through a polycrystalline material. Small particles act to prevent the motion of such boundaries by exerting a pinning pressure which… … Wikipedia
Flux pinning — is the phenomenon that magnetic flux lines do not move (become trapped, or pinned ) in spite of the Lorentz force acting on them inside a current carrying Type II superconductor. The phenomenon cannot occur in Type I superconductors, since these… … Wikipedia
Ulm Campaign — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Ulm Campaign partof=the War of the Third Coalition caption= The Capitulation of Ulm by Charles Thévenin. The decisive finale of the Ulm Campaign led to the surrender of General Mack and 23,000 Austrian troops.… … Wikipedia
Ideally hard superconductor — An ideally hard superconductor is a type II superconductor material with an infinite pinning force (or critical current density). In the external magnetic field it behaves like an ideal diamagnet if the field is switched on when the material is… … Wikipedia
Grappling hold — Headlock redirects here. For the Imogen Heap single, see Headlock (song). Grappling hold Two wrestlers clinching. A grappling hold (commonly referred to simply as a hold; in Japanese referred t … Wikipedia
Pin (professional wrestling) — A pinfall, a pin, or a fall (the first term most commonly used in professional wrestling) is a victory condition in various forms of wrestling that is met by holding an opponent s shoulders on the wrestling mat for a prescribed period of time.In… … Wikipedia
List of United States Marine Corps acronyms and expressions — This is a list of acronyms, expressions, euphemisms, jargon, military slang, and sayings in common or formerly common use in the United States Marine Corps. Many of the words or phrases have varying levels of acceptance among different units or… … Wikipedia
Advanced Packaging Tool — Advanced Packaging Tools apt get requesting confirmation before an installation Stable release 0.8.10[1] / November 30, 2010; 11 months ago … Wikipedia
