NASA officials concluded the debris was likely a plastic separator, or shim, from the shuttle's ceramic tile heat shield.
Source: tatoeba (10806923)
Shim
//ʃɪm//
Synonyms for "shim" (3 found)
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35 translations across 7 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- клин noun (wedge)
- шайба noun (thin piece of material used for alignment or support)
French
4 entries- cale d'épaisseur noun (thin piece of material used for alignment or support)
- coin noun (wedge)
- espaceur noun (thin piece of material used for alignment or support)
- sarcloir noun (shallow plow used in tillage)
German
4 entries- Abstandhalter noun (thin piece of material used for alignment or support)
- Abstandsblech noun (thin piece of material used for alignment or support)
- Ausgleichsblech noun (thin piece of material used for alignment or support)
- Ausgleichsstück noun (thin piece of material used for alignment or support)
Malay
4 entries- penyendal noun (thin piece of material used for alignment or support)
- sendal noun (thin piece of material used for alignment or support)
- sesendal noun (thin piece of material used for alignment or support)
- syim noun (thin piece of material used for alignment or support)
Māori
2 entries- tahatiti noun (wedge)
- tūauau noun (thin piece of material used for alignment or support)
Russian
1 entries- регулировочная прокладка noun (thin piece of material used for alignment or support)
Spanish
1 entries- espaciador noun (thin piece of material used for alignment or support)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
Though she was not on that team, Shim said through a translator, she certainly remembered the heartbreak of her countrywomen.
Source: tatoeba (11502529)
The second adjustment [to a door that keeps swinging open] will require the screws to be loosened, and a shim or packing piece pushed behind the hinge to bring it into line.
Source: wiktionary
Shims intercept Win32 API calls from legacy applications, as defined by system administrators, and then modify the call before passing the code to Windows for execution.
Source: wiktionary
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