Usually means: Critical tension moment in story.
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General (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. pinch point: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. pinch point: Collins English Dictionary
  3. pinch-point: Wordnik
  4. pinch point: Wiktionary
  5. Pinch point (economics), Pinch point (mathematics), Pinch point: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. pinch point: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. pinch point: Encyclopedia

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Pinch Point: Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Pinch Point: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (pinch point)

noun:  (engineering) A point in between moving and stationary parts of a machine where an individual's body part may become caught, leading to injury
noun:  (economics) The level of inventories of a commodity or product below which consumers become concerned about security of supply
noun:  (mathematics) Cuspidal point, a type of singular point on an algebraic surface
noun:  A kerb extension, a traffic calming measure consisting of an angled narrowing of the roadway
noun:  A bottleneck, part of a process that is too slow and causes a delay.

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