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PRONUNCIATION OF SHIMMING

shimming  [ˈʃɪmɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SHIMMING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Shimming is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb shimming in English.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO SHIMMING

PRESENT

Present
I shimming
you shimming
he/she/it shimmings
we shimming
you shimming
they shimming
Present continuous
I am shimminging
you are shimminging
he/she/it is shimminging
we are shimminging
you are shimminging
they are shimminging
Present perfect
I have shimminged
you have shimminged
he/she/it has shimminged
we have shimminged
you have shimminged
they have shimminged
Present perfect continuous
I have been shimminging
you have been shimminging
he/she/it has been shimminging
we have been shimminging
you have been shimminging
they have been shimminging
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I shimminged
you shimminged
he/she/it shimminged
we shimminged
you shimminged
they shimminged
Past continuous
I was shimminging
you were shimminging
he/she/it was shimminging
we were shimminging
you were shimminging
they were shimminging
Past perfect
I had shimminged
you had shimminged
he/she/it had shimminged
we had shimminged
you had shimminged
they had shimminged
Past perfect continuous
I had been shimminging
you had been shimminging
he/she/it had been shimminging
we had been shimminging
you had been shimminging
they had been shimminging
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will shimming
you will shimming
he/she/it will shimming
we will shimming
you will shimming
they will shimming
Future continuous
I will be shimminging
you will be shimminging
he/she/it will be shimminging
we will be shimminging
you will be shimminging
they will be shimminging
Future perfect
I will have shimminged
you will have shimminged
he/she/it will have shimminged
we will have shimminged
you will have shimminged
they will have shimminged
Future perfect continuous
I will have been shimminging
you will have been shimminging
he/she/it will have been shimminging
we will have been shimminging
you will have been shimminging
they will have been shimminging
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would shimming
you would shimming
he/she/it would shimming
we would shimming
you would shimming
they would shimming
Conditional continuous
I would be shimminging
you would be shimminging
he/she/it would be shimminging
we would be shimminging
you would be shimminging
they would be shimminging
Conditional perfect
I would have shimming
you would have shimming
he/she/it would have shimming
we would have shimming
you would have shimming
they would have shimming
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been shimminging
you would have been shimminging
he/she/it would have been shimminging
we would have been shimminging
you would have been shimminging
they would have been shimminging
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you shimming
we let´s shimming
you shimming
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to shimming
Past participle
shimminged
Present Participle
shimminging
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SHIMMING


advergaming
ˈædvəˌɡeɪmɪŋ
benaming
bɪˈneɪmɪŋ
brimming
ˈbrɪmɪŋ
climbing
ˈklaɪmɪŋ
dimming
ˈdɪmɪŋ
flaming
ˈfleɪmɪŋ
framing
ˈfreɪmɪŋ
gaming
ˈɡeɪmɪŋ
picture-framing
ˈpɪktʃəˌfreɪmɪŋ
priming
ˈpraɪmɪŋ
rhyming
ˈraɪmɪŋ
rimming
ˈrɪmɪŋ
shaming
ˈʃeɪmɪŋ
skimming
ˈskɪmɪŋ
slimming
ˈslɪmɪŋ
social-climbing
ˈsəʊʃəl ˈklaɪmɪŋ
swimming
ˈswɪmɪŋ
taming
ˈteɪmɪŋ
timing
ˈtaɪmɪŋ
trimming
ˈtrɪmɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SHIMMING

shim
Shimla
shimmed
shimmer
shimmerier
shimmeriest
shimmering
shimmeringly
shimmery
shimmey
shimmied
shimmies
Shimonoseki
shimozzle
shin
Shin Bet
shin bone
shin guard
shin splints

WORDS THAT END LIKE SHIMMING

becoming
bumming
computer programming
cramming
drumming
gamming
gumming
hamming
hemming
humming
jamming
lemming
linear programming
programming
ramming
scamming
slamming
spamming
stemming
strumming
summing

Synonyms and antonyms of shimming in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «shimming» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SHIMMING

Find out the translation of shimming to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of shimming from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «shimming» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

垫补
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

shimming
570 millions of speakers

English

shimming
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

shimming
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الملئ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

подклинивание
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

calços
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

shimming
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

calage
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Shimming
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Shim
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

シミング
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

shimming
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Shimming
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

shimming
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

shimming
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Shimming
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

pullanma
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

spessoramento
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

podkładek
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

підклинювання
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

shimming
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

shimming
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

shimming
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

mellanlägg
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

shimsingen
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of shimming

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SHIMMING»

The term «shimming» is regularly used and occupies the 76.526 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SHIMMING» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about shimming

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SHIMMING»

Discover the use of shimming in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to shimming and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Shimming the glass house: poems
And while the world Wallace renders is a broken one, in these poems it has been honed to brightness on the strop of her passionate sensibility. This is a wonderful debut"--Enid Shomer.
Helen Pruitt Wallace, 2008
2
Annual Reports on NMR Spectroscopy
Corrections to one harmonic influence other orders making shimming a complicated and often cumbersome task. In high-resolution NMR or with micro coils, global shimming is performed, homogenizing the field over the whole sample volume.
Graham A. Webb, 2007
3
Structural Biology: Practical NMR Applications
The process is called “shimming” and the coils called shimming coils. The number of the coils can be as many as 40 sets, which produce a magnetic field across the sample volume. Manually shimming the magnet is a rather complicated ...
Quincy Teng, 2012
4
MRI in Practice
Spectroscopic procedures require better than 1 ppm. To achieve this, a process known as shimming is used. The term shimming comes from the discipline of carpentry where it refers to the use of wooden wedges (or shims) to level a surface.
Catherine Westbrook, Carolyn Kaut Roth, 2013
5
MRI from Picture to Proton
Informal in style and informed in content, written by recognized effective communicators of MR, this is an essential text for the student of MR.
Donald W. McRobbie, Elizabeth A. Moore, Martin J. Graves, 2006
6
Practical Design of Magnetostatic Structure Using Numerical ...
9. Shimming. Magnetic. Field. A homogeneous field may be defined as a field that is fairly constant in magnitude and nearly unidirectional in some regions of space. It is desirable that the homogeneous field be of high order [1].
Qiuliang Wang, 2013
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Handbook of Applied Superconductivity
Another important feature, which had a great influence on the routine application of superconducting magnets for MRI, is passive shimming (Hoult and Lee 1985). This method uses small pieces of ferromagnetic material inside the bore for the ...
B Seeber, 1998
8
High-resolution NMR Techniques in Organic Chemistry
Figure 3.57. Automatic deuterium gradient shimming. Spectrum (a) was acquired with all z axis shims set to zero. After less than two minutes of gradient shimming of the Z–Z5 shims (three iterations), spectrum (b) was obtained. The solvent was  ...
Timothy D. W. Claridge, 2009
9
Quantitative MRI of the Spinal Cord
Dynamic multi-coil shimming of the human brain at 7 T. J Magn Reson. 2011;212 (2):280–288. Juchem C, Nixon TW, McIntyre S, Rothman DL, de Graaf RA. Magnetic field modelling with a set of individual localized coils. J Magn Reson. 2010 ...
Julien Cohen-Adad, Claudia Wheeler-Kingshott, 2014
10
Protein NMR Spectroscopy: Practical Techniques and Applications
The process of correcting these inhomogeneities is known as shimming. Shimming can be carried out either manually or semi-automatically using gradient based techniques. The affect of adjusting a shim coil can be observed in one of two ...
Gordon Roberts, Lu-Yun Lian, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SHIMMING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term shimming is used in the context of the following news items.
1
How To Escape From Handcuffs
Instead of poking around in the lock, shimming works by inserting a thin strip of metal beneath the ratchet of the shackle. But there's a catch: you then have to ... «Atlas Obscura, Jul 15»
2
Kid channels his inner Jim Carrey and dances to 'Cuban Pete' from …
Later in the clip he performs a cartwheel, to the adulation of the crowd, before shimming along the narrow path between the two swimming pools. The video ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
3
European Project Tackles Composites Assembly Hurdle To …
The demonstration goals are to reduce the recurring costs of shimming joints in assembly by 50% and of dismantling operations by 30%, to increase the level of ... «Aviation Week, Apr 15»
4
Thai Fighter Ruenroeng Beats Shiming in Macau
It was a pleasant surprise to see a fair decision rendered against the hometown guy for a change. Only seven fights into his career, Shimming rolled the dice and ... «The Sweet Science, Mar 15»
5
Handyman Hints: Comfy basement floors
What about shimming the underlay framing or subfloor panels with cedar shakes, or some type of approved plastic shim? Shimming in this case would be ... «Standard Freeholder, Nov 14»
6
Technical FAQ: Shoes and cleats
Shimming an SPD cleat higher would still result in a feeling of teetering on the pedal, I would think, unless you were to also build up the height of the shoe knobs ... «velonews.competitor.com, Aug 14»
7
MRI-linac can acquire high-quality images
For MRI-linacs, active shimming is also required to compensate for variations in inhomogeneity that occur at different gantry angles. The variations result from ... «Medical Physics Web, Jul 14»
8
High-accuracy machining of composite wing skins
The OEMs want to eliminate assembly shimming, which adds weight to the product and time to the process. They want parts to meet tolerances when they arrive ... «Aerospace Manufacturing and Design, Jun 14»
9
Metal roofing on the rise
If your budget doesn't allow for custom shimming of a wavy roof, then stay away from metal. It needs quite a flat roof surface for proper installation. You should ... «TheChronicleHerald.ca, Jun 14»
10
How To Build, Tune, and Maintain Gear Differentials
Assemble the spider gears on the shafts with proper shimming and drop them in the diff case, making sure that the notches in the shafts line up. Fill up the diff ... «Radio control Car Action, Dec 13»

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