Definitions from Wiktionary (SHIM)

▸ noun:  A wedge.
▸ noun:  A thin piece of material, sometimes tapered, used for alignment or support.
▸ noun:  (computing) A small library that transparently intercepts and modifies calls to an API, usually for compatibility purposes.
▸ noun:  A kind of shallow plow used in tillage to break the ground and clear it of weeds.
▸ noun:  A small metal device used to pick open a lock.
▸ verb:  To fit one or more shims to a piece of machinery.
▸ verb:  To adjust something by using shims.
▸ verb:  To adjust the homogeneity of a magnetic field, after the mechanical devices once used for the purpose.
▸ verb:  (computing, transitive) To intercept and modify calls to (an API), usually for compatibility purposes.
▸ noun:  (informal, often derogatory) A transsexual person, especially a trans woman; (loosely) a drag queen or transvestite.
▸ noun:  (informal, often derogatory) A person characterised by both male and female traits, or by ambiguous male-female traits; a hermaphrodite.
▸ noun:  A surname.
▸ noun:  (uncountable, microscopy) Abbreviation of scanning helium ion microscope.





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