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pinning
pinning
English
Verb
pinning
- present participle of pin
Noun
pinning (plural pinnings)
- A ceremony in which a pin badge is given.
- 2003, James A. Schnell, Case Studies in Culture and Communication: A Group Perspective
- 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
- (physics) The establishment of a definite quantum state to a particle, or of an occupation number to a system of particles