Home › Entities › machine_element › shim

shim

thin and often tapered spacer used to fill small gaps or spaces between objects
Place machine_element Q21718894
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

shim

Summary

shim is a machine element[1]. shim ranks in the top 10% of machine_element entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (171 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • shim's image is recorded as Metal shims.jpg[3].
  • shim's image is recorded as Shim Tests (30347240063).jpg[4].
  • shim's instance of is recorded as machine element[5].
  • shim's instance of is recorded as spacer[6].
  • shim's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04bxsh[7].
  • shim's KBpedia ID is recorded as Shim[8].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include machine element[5] and spacer[6].

Why It Matters

shim ranks in the top 10% of machine_element entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (171 views/month).[2] shim has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] shim is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . KBpedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). shim. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/shim
MLA “shim.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/shim.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_shim_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{shim}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/shim}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): shim — https://4ort.xyz/entity/shim (retrieved 2026-05-03)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/shim · Last refreshed: