2syllables
pinning
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Definitions ofpinning
1verb
- To shape metal by striking it, especially with a peen.
1verb
- (often followed by a preposition such as "to" or "on") To fasten or attach (something) with a pin.
- (usually in the passive) To cause (a piece) to be in a pin.
- To pin down (someone).
- To enclose; to confine; to pen; to pound.
- To attach (an icon, application, etc.) to another item.
Example: "to pin a window to the Taskbar"
- To fix (an array in memory, a security certificate, etc.) so that it cannot be modified.
Example: "When marshaling data, the interop marshaler can copy or pin the data being marshaled."
- To cause an analog gauge to reach the stop pin at the high end of the range.
Synonyms: peg
1noun
- The action of the verb pin in any sense.
- A ceremony in which a pin badge is given.
- The establishment of the definite quantum state of a particle, or of the occupation number of a system of particles
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