Pinning may refer to:
Pinning, the effect of certain weapons that cause their targets to be pinned down Pinning ceremony (nursing), a symbolic welcoming of new graduates into the nursing profession Pinning force, a force acting on a pinned object from a pinning center Pinning (modelling), the use of pins to strengthen the joints when assembling large or heavy model kits Pinning points, points in a crystalline material that act to halt a dislocation's movement Pinning hold, a hold used to control an opponent in grappling Flux pinning, a phenomenon that magnetic flux lines do not move despite the Lorentz force acting on them inside a current-carrying Type II superconductor Percutaneous pinning, a technique used by orthopedic surgeons for the stabilisation of unstable fractures Tree pinning, inserting spikes into trees in order to cause damage to sawmill equipment Zener pinning, the influence of a dispersion of fine particles on the movement of low- and high angle grain boundaries through a polycrystalline material HTTP Public Key Pinning, a security mechanism for HTTPS websites
See also Pin (disambiguation) Panning (disambiguation) Pegging (disambiguation)