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What (who) is pinching$515019$ - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Pinch (musician); Pinch technology; Pinch (disambiguation); Pinching; Pinch technology (disambiguation); Pinching (disambiguation)
Squeeze theorem
sin(x^(-1)).png?width=200 "Illustration of the squeeze theorem")
THEOREM OF CALCULUS
Pinching theorem; Absolute value theorem; Sandwich theorem; Squeeze Theorem; Squeezing theorem; Squeeze rule; Sandwich lemma; Sandwich Rule; Squeeze lemma; Pinching Theorem; Squeeze law
In calculus, the squeeze theorem (also known as the sandwich theorem, among other names) is a theorem regarding the limit of a function that is trapped between two other functions.
Pinching
·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of Pinch.
II. Pinching ·adj Compressing; nipping; griping; niggardly; as, pinching cold; a pinching parsimony.
pinch
(pinches, pinching, pinched)
1.
If you pinch a part of someone's body, you take a piece of their skin between your thumb and first finger and give it a short squeeze.
She pinched his arm as hard as she could...
We both kept pinching ourselves to prove that it wasn't all a dream.
VERB: V n, V pron-refl
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Pinch is also a noun.
She gave him a little pinch.
N-COUNT
2.
A pinch of an ingredient such as salt is the amount of it that you can hold between your thumb and your first finger.
Put all the ingredients, including a pinch of salt, into a food processor.
N-COUNT: usu N of n
3.
To pinch something, especially something of little value, means to steal it. (INFORMAL)
...pickpockets who pinched his wallet.
VERB: V n
4.
If you say that something is possible at a pinch, or in American English if you say that something is possible in a pinch, you mean that it would be possible if it was necessary, but it might not be very comfortable or convenient.
Six people, and more at a pinch, could be seated comfortably at the table.
PHRASE: PHR with cl/group
5.
If a person or company is feeling the pinch, they do not have as much money as they used to, and so they cannot buy the things they would like to buy.
Consumers are spending less and traders are feeling the pinch.
PHRASE: V inflects
Wikipedia
Pinch
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
- Pinch, Indiana, an unincorporated community
- Pinch, West Virginia, a census-designated place in Kanawha County
