inlay vs shim

inlay

noun
  • The material placed within a different material in the form of a decoration. 

  • A filling for a tooth, made of ceramic or gold to fit the cavity and shape of tooth and cemented into place. 

  • The piece of paper or the booklet inside the case of a compact disc, DVD, or cassette. 

verb
  • To place (pieces of a foreign material) within another material to form a decorative design. 

  • To place an inlay in a tooth. 

shim

noun
  • A thin piece of material, sometimes tapered, used for alignment or support. 

  • A small library that transparently intercepts and modifies calls to an API, usually for compatibility purposes. 

  • A kind of shallow plow used in tillage to break the ground and clear it of weeds. 

  • A small metal device used to pick open a lock. 

  • A person characterised by both male and female traits, or by ambiguous male-female traits; a hermaphrodite. 

  • A wedge. 

  • A transsexual person, especially a trans woman; (loosely) a drag queen or transvestite. 

verb
  • To fit one or more shims to a piece of machinery. 

  • To adjust the homogeneity of a magnetic field, after the mechanical devices once used for the purpose. 

  • To adjust something by using shims. 

  • To intercept and modify calls to (an API), usually for compatibility purposes. 

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