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shim

/ʃɪm/

Translations

shimnoun

shims

/ʃɪm/

calePièce mince utilisée pour ajuster, combler un jeu ou mettre à niveau.

The carpenter used a shim to level the uneven table leg.

Le menuisier a utilisé une cale pour mettre à niveau le pied de table inégal.

Additional translations

calagePar extension technique, pour désigner l’opération ou l’élément de réglage servant au calage.

couche d’adaptationInformatique : couche logicielle intermédiaire servant à assurer la compatibilité ou à modifier le comportement d’un composant.

Synonyms

shimverb

shimmed

Past Simple

shimmed

Past Participle

shimming

Gerund

/ʃɪm/

calerAjuster ou combler avec une cale afin d’aligner des pièces.

The carpenter had to shim the door to ensure it closed properly.

Le menuisier a dû caler la porte pour s’assurer qu’elle se fermait correctement.

Additional translations

intercalerInformatique : insérer une couche d’adaptation entre deux composants.

Synonyms

shimadjective

Used attributively before another noun (e.g., "shim stock") to denote material or parts employed as shims.

de calageUsage technique, pour des pièces destinées au calage.

He ordered shim washers for the precision assembly.

Il a commandé des rondelles de calage pour le montage de précision.

Definitions

shimnoun

A thin piece of material used to fill in small gaps or spaces between objects, often for the purpose of alignment or leveling.

The carpenter used a shim to level the uneven table leg.

Computing: a small library or layer of code that transparently intercepts or adapts function calls to provide compatibility or modify behaviour.

We wrote a shim to allow the legacy application to run on the new operating system.

shimverb

To fill up space with a thin piece of material to adjust the fit or alignment of parts.

The carpenter had to shim the door to ensure it closed properly.

Computing: to insert or employ a shim (software layer) so as to adapt or alter the behaviour of an existing API or system component.

The developers shimmed the driver to work with the updated kernel.

shimadjective

Made of or relating to shims; intended for use as a shim.

He ordered shim washers for the precision assembly.