also bottle-neck, "narrow entrance, spot where traffic becomes congested," 1896; from bottle (n.) + neck (n.). Meaning "anything which obstructs a flow" is from 1922; the verb in t [..]

A constraint, obstacle, or planned control that limits throughput or the utilization of capacity.

A bottleneck is defined as the operation with the least capacity in a total system with no alternative routings; the total system can be effectively scheduled by simply scheduling the limiting operati [..]

A severe, temporary reduction in population size. © 2005 by Sinauer Associates, Inc. All rights reserved. Futuyma, D. Evolution.

(bot´&l nek´´) (n.) The delay in transmission of data through the circuits of a computer's microprocessor or over a TCP/IP network. The delay typically occurs when a system's bandwidth c [..]

A point at which the performance or capacity of an entire system or network can be significantly influenced. Formally, a bottleneck lies on a network or system’s critical path and provides the lowest [..]

The machine or workstation which is the slowest in terms of parts produced per unit time, compared to all other machines or workstations in the process routing. The bottleneck operation determines how fast the entire process can run; it is of no value for steps one and three of a process to produce one hundred parts per hour if step two in the proc [..]

Reduction in population size that can have major influence on genetic variation because of the relationship between genetic drift and population size.

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A point of congestion in a manufacturing system that arises when parts arrive at a given machine/operation faster than that machine/operation can process them (6).

Bottleneck -- Any point in manufacturing operations at which movement is slowed because demand placed on a [..]

The point or operation that has the least capacity in a system or network, where no alternative routings exist.

(n) the narrow part of a bottle near the top(v) slow down or impede by creating an obstruction(v) become narrow, like a bottleneck(n) a narrowing that reduces the flow through a channel

A highway section with reduced capacity that experiences operational problems such as congestion. Bottlenecks may result from factors other than reduced roadway width. For example, the close spacing o [..]

The “captive” portion of an otherwise competitive rail movement.

A section of a transportation facility where capacity is significantly lower than on the upstream section, restricting traffic volumes and creating queues (AKA chokepoint).

   A glass or metal tube that fits over a guitarist's ring finger or little finger and stops the strings of the guitar when it is slid up or down the instrument's fingerboard. Originally, the glass tube was the neck of a bottle that had been broken off and sanded down for use by blues guitarists.

A type of cartridge with a pronounced shoulder between the body of the case and the mouth---where the bullet diameter is noticeably less than the case diameter, allowing a larger powder capacity than [..]

Any point at which movement is slowed because demand placed on a resource is greater than capacity.

Any resource or process whose capacity is less than or equal to the demand placed on it, thus constraining the flow of work or information through the process.

A limiting factor. To be "bottlenecked on mana" is to have more things to do with your mana than you have mana available.

A brief reduction in size of a population which usually leads to random genetic drift.

A severe, temporary reduction in population size.

bot-l-nek Reduced area diameter in pipe caused by excessive longitudinal strain or by a combination of longitudinal string and the swagging action of a body.

The narrow portion that forms the pouring spout of a bottle; the neck of a bottle. In traffic, any narrowing of the road, especially resulting in a delay. Any delay; part of a process that is to [..]