shim
IPA: ʃˈɪm
noun
- A wedge.
- A thin piece of material, sometimes tapered, used for alignment or support.
- (computing) A small library that transparently intercepts and modifies calls to an API, usually for compatibility purposes.
- A kind of shallow plow used in tillage to break the ground and clear it of weeds.
- A small metal device used to pick open a lock.
- (informal, often derogatory) A transsexual person, especially a trans woman; (loosely) a drag queen or transvestite.
- (informal, often derogatory) A person characterised by both male and female traits, or by ambiguous male-female traits; a hermaphrodite.
- A surname.
- (uncountable, microscopy) Abbreviation of scanning helium ion microscope.
verb
- To fit one or more shims to a piece of machinery.
- To adjust something by using shims.
- To adjust the homogeneity of a magnetic field, after the mechanical devices once used for the purpose.
- (computing, transitive) To intercept and modify calls to (an API), usually for compatibility purposes.
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Examples of "shim" in Sentences
- Valve adjustment is by shim over bucket.
- The valve clearance is adjusted using shim.
- Alternatively, you can cut out a shim and use that.
- One year after that Shim connected to Psycho lyric.
- The thickness of the shim determines the amount of offset.
- Clearance is adjusted by changing the thickness of the shim.
- The dates of the annual Shim Sham shows coincide with Jazz Fest.
- Each shim conforms to the respective arcuate surfaces of the coil.
- A shim is a device used to adjust the homogeneity of a magnetic field.
- A 'shim' is a device used to adjust the homogeneity of a magnetic field.