laminate vs shim

laminate

noun
  • Material formed of thin sheets glued together. 

adj
  • Consisting of, or covered with, laminae, or thin plates, scales, or layers, one over another; laminated. 

verb
  • To assemble from thin sheets glued together. 

  • To cover something flat, usually paper, in adhesive protective plastic. 

  • To form, as metal, into a thin plate, as by rolling. 

  • To cause to separate into thin plates or layers; to divide into thin plates. 

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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