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pinchpoint
pincushion
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pine (1)
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Pine Bluff
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pinch effect
pinch ef·fect


noun 
Definition:
 
narrowing of charged-particle beam: the narrowing of a beam of charged particles caused by the interaction of each particle with the magnetic field generated by the movement of the beam
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