Definitions for shim
ʃɪmshim

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. shimnoun

   a thin wedge of material (wood or metal or stone) for driving into crevices

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. shim

   A shim is generally defined as a thin piece of material used for filling gaps or spaces, or adjusting the fit or alignment between two adjoining parts. Shims can be made from different materials such as wood, metal, plastic, or even paper. They are commonly used in construction, manufacturing, and machinery for proper alignment and fitting.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Shimnoun

   a kind of shallow plow used in tillage to break the ground, and clear it of weeds

2. Shimnoun

   a thin piece of metal placed between two parts to make a fit

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Shim

   A shim is a thin and often tapered or wedged piece of material, used to fill small gaps or spaces between objects. Shims are typically used in order to support, adjust for better fit, or provide a level surface. Shims may also be used as spacers to fill gaps between parts subject to wear.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Shim

   shim, n. (mach.) a thin slip used to fill up space caused by wear.—v.t. to wedge up. [Ety. dub.]

The New Hacker's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. shim

   1. A small piece of data inserted in order to achieve a desired memory alignment or other addressing property. For example, the PDP-11 Unix linker, in split I&D (instructions and data) mode, inserts a two-byte shim at location 0 in data space so that no data object will have an address of 0 (and be confused with the C null pointer). See also loose bytes. 2. A type of small transparent image inserted into HTML documents by certain WYSIWYG HTML editors, used to set the spacing of elements meant to have a fixed positioning within a TABLE or DIVision. Hackers who work on the HTML code of such pages afterwards invariably curse these for their crocky dependence on the particular spacing of original image file, the editor that generated them, and the version of the browser used to view them. Worse, they are a poorly designed kludge which the advent of Cascading Style Sheets makes wholly unnecessary; Any fool can plainly see that use of borders, layers and positioned elements is the Right Thing (or would be if adequate support for CSS were more common).

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1. SHIM

   What does SHIM stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the SHIM acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. SHIM

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Shim is ranked #6801 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Shim surname appeared 4,958 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 2 would have the surname Shim.
   
   86.6% or 4,296 total occurrences were Asian.
   4.4% or 220 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   4% or 203 total occurrences were Black.
   3.5% or 178 total occurrences were White.
   1% or 53 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   0.1% or 8 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

Matched Categories

1. • Wedge

How to pronounce shim?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say shim in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of shim in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of shim in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Popularity rank by frequency of use

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=shim
2. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
3. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shim
4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=shim
5. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=shim
6. ^ The New Hacker's Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/3008/3008-h/3008-h.htm#Shim
7. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html