pinning
noun/ˈpɪnɪŋ/
1
The action of the verb pin in any sense.
2
A ceremony in which a pin badge is given.
- There were a variety of informal traditional activities that occurred in recognition of events such as birthdays, pinnings (when a member gave his fraternity pin to his girlfriend to acknowledge preengagement), and engagements.2003, James A. Schnell, Case Studies in Culture and Communication: A Group Perspective:
3
Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Physics The establishment of the definite quantum state of a particle, or of the occupation number of a system of particles
- Derived terms
- depinning, postpinning, quasipinning, Zener pinning