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Pinning

Pinning may refer to: * Pinning, the effect of certain weapons that cause their targets to be pinned down * Pinning ceremony (nursing), a symbolic welcoming of new graduates into the nursing profession * Pinning force, a force acting on a pinned object from a pinning center * Pinning (modelling), the use of pins to strengthen the joints when assembling large or heavy model kits * Pinning points, points in a crystalline material that act to halt a dislocation's movement * Pinning hold, a hold used to control an opponent in grappling * Flux pinning, a phenomenon that magnetic flux lines do not move despite the Lorentz force acting on them inside a current-carrying Type II superconductor * Percutaneous pinning, a technique used by orthopedic surgeons for the stabilisation of unstable fractures * Tree pinning, inserting spikes into trees in order to cause damage to sawmill equipment * Zener pinning, the influence of a dispersion of fine particles on the movement of low- and high angle grain boundaries through a polycrystalline material * HTTP Public Key Pinning, a security mechanism for HTTPS websites

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Pinning may refer to: * Pinning, the effect of certain weapons that cause their targets to be pinned down * Pinning ceremony (nursing), a symbolic welcoming of new graduates into the nursing profession * Pinning force, a force acting on a pinned object from a pinning center * Pinning (modelling), the use of pins to strengthen the joints when assembling large or heavy model kits * Pinning points, points in a crystalline material that act to halt a dislocation's movement * Pinning hold, a hold used to control an opponent in grappling * Flux pinning, a phenomenon that magnetic flux lines do not move despite the Lorentz force acting on them inside a current-carrying Type II superconductor * Percutaneous pinning, a technique used by orthopedic surgeons for the stabilisation of unstable fractures * Tree pinning, inserting spikes into trees in order to cause damage to sawmill equipment * Zener pinning, the influence of a dispersion of fine particles on the movement of low- and high angle grain boundaries through a polycrystalline material * HTTP Public Key Pinning, a security mechanism for HTTPS websites

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