Glossary
The following glossary should serve as disambiguation and description of terms used on this website.
| Term | Meaning/usage |
| Accuracy | Degree to which the result of measurement conforms to the correct value |
| Effective force Feff | Feff, Fe, average force during time Tp |
| Gap width | Also referred to as: opening width |
| Guideline | Referred to a set of parameters and limit values that define the execution of measurements and the way the results are tested; basis of guidelines are standards |
| Limit Maximum | permitted quantitiy |
| Mean reactive force | Arithmetical mean value of the effective forces |
| Peak force | Fp, Fmax, maximum force to be found during the measurement |
| Pinch force | FE, mean value of effective forces, measured sequentially at the same measuring point (also referred to as: closing force/ clamping force) |
| Puls duration | Tp, time between t1 and t2, where t1 marks rise above the threshold and t2 marks fall below the threshol |
| Remaining force | Fk, force one second after fall below or five seconds after rise above the trigger threshold (whichever occurs first) |
| Spacer | Distance piece for realising different gap width |
| Spring stiffness | Necessary force to compress/ pull a spring a certain amount; here Newton per mm (also referred to as: deflection rate for a spring) |
| Standard | General term for a directive for measuring and evaluating the pinch force, these can be laws, European standards etc. |
| Trigger threshold | Ft, the trigger threshold triggers the measurement |