bottleneck
a narrow entrance or passageway.
a place or stage in a process at which progress is impeded.
Also called slide guitar. a method of guitar playing that produces a gliding sound by pressing a metal bar or glass tube against the strings.
to hamper or confine by or as if by a bottleneck.
to become hindered by or as if by a bottleneck.
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How to use bottleneck in a sentence
Others fall outside the realm of science, like manufacturing bottlenecks, distribution challenges, vaccine hesitancy, and fear of medical establishments spreads through social media.
Vaccines won’t eradicate Covid-19—and that’s ok | Katherine Ellen Foley | February 11, 2021 | QuartzIf Series A is the new bottleneck, well, invest more in product and growth so you don’t slam into the capital wall.
Clearly this big spend on reducing supply bottlenecks is a longer-term play.
Peloton will pump $100M into delivery logistics to ease supply concerns | Brian Heater | February 5, 2021 | TechCrunchWe don’t really know how this bottleneck is affecting which strains of flu are circulating for the same reason.
How COVID-19 Ended Flu Season Before It Started | Maggie Koerth (maggie.koerth-baker@fivethirtyeight.com) | February 4, 2021 | FiveThirtyEightAs shoots compete for locations and studio space, cast and crew members, a bottleneck may emerge.
Future of TV Briefing: Hollywood returns to production as stay-at-home orders, advisories lift | Tim Peterson | February 3, 2021 | Digiday
It aims to eliminate the biggest bottleneck in a bar—processing payments.
When U.S. output started to soar more recently, the bottleneck came early.
Also, because Jobs insists on being involved in all products that Apple ships, he ends up becoming a bottleneck.
The rankings then provide a still deeper look—at the most congested bottleneck segment for the worst highway in each area.
The seven-year-long bottleneck in Cuba has finally been eased.
This enables it to do its intended job without acting as a bottleneck in jobs requiring the power of the front end.
On-Line Data-Acquisition Systems in Nuclear Physics, 1969 | H. W. Fulbright et al.We have already reached the point where shipping is no longer the bottleneck in the return of troops from the European theater.
State of the Union Addresses of Harry S. Truman | Harry S. TrumanIn an age of electronics, lack of copper had become a serious bottleneck in the production of electrical and scientific equipment.
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British Dictionary definitions for bottleneck
/ (ˈbɒtəlˌnɛk) /
a narrow stretch of road or a junction at which traffic is or may be held up
the hold up
something that holds up progress, esp of a manufacturing process
music
the broken-off neck of a bottle placed over a finger and used to produce a buzzing effect in a style of guitar-playing originally part of the American blues tradition
the style of guitar playing using a bottleneck
(tr) US to be or cause an obstruction in
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Scientific definitions for bottleneck
[ bŏt′l-nĕk′ ]
An abrupt and severe reduction in the number of individuals during the history of a species, resulting in the loss of diversity from the gene pool. The generations following the bottleneck are more genetically homogenous than would otherwise be expected. Bottlenecks often occur in consequence of a catastrophic event.
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Cultural definitions for bottleneck
The point at which an industry or economic system has to slow its growth because one or more of its components cannot keep up with demand.
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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