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shim

/ʃɪm/

Translations

shimnoun

shims

/ʃɪm/

прокладка

The mechanic used a shim to adjust the alignment of the machine.

Механик использовал прокладку, чтобы отрегулировать выравнивание машины.

подкладка

He placed a shim under the table leg to stop it from wobbling.

Он положил подкладку под ножку стола, чтобы он не шатался.

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Synonyms

shimverb

shimmed

Past Simple

shimmed

Past Participle

shimming

Gerund

/ʃɪm/

подкладывать

He had to shim the table to make it level.

Ему пришлось подкладывать под стол, чтобы выровнять его.

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Synonyms

shimadjective

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

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.