pinch point

Noun

Japanese Meaning

（工学用語）動く部品と固定部品の間にある、人体の一部がはさまれて怪我をする恐れのある部分

What is this buttons?

A safety sign warned workers about the unguarded pinch point on the assembly line.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

安全標識は、組立ラインの可動部と固定部の間で身体が挟まれるおそれのある無防備な箇所について作業員に警告していた。

Details

Sense（1）

Sense（2）

(economics) The level of inventories of a commodity or product below which consumers become concerned about security of supply

Sense（3）

(mathematics) Cuspidal point, a type of singular point on an algebraic surface

Sense（4）

A kerb extension, a traffic calming measure consisting of an angled narrowing of the roadway

Sense（5）

A bottleneck, part of a process that is too slow and causes a delay.

Houchen observes that Hartlepool, used by around 640,000 passengers a year, is another pinch point where changes to the station are required. Despite being on the double-track Durham Coast Line linking Teesside, Sunderland and Newcastle, it has only one through platform: "Now there are some interim solutions, but the long-term solution is a new station at Hartlepool."

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