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RIM
(Research In Motion Limited, Waterloo, Ontario, www.rim.com) The company that makes the popular BlackBerry device. It was established in 1984. See BlackBerry. See also RDRAM.
rim
1. the peripheral part of a wheel, to which the tyre is attached
2. Basketball the hoop from which the net is suspended
rim [rim]
(design engineering)
The outer part of a wheel, usually connected to the hub by spokes.
An outer edge or border, sometimes raised or projecting.
rim
1. The border or outer edge of anything which is circular or continuously curved.
2. Descriptive of any finish hardware which is designed for application to the face of a door or window, rather than for mortising.
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She dips her rim, She sinks, she founders in the mist; and still The stream flows on, and to the insatiate sea Hurries her white-wave flocks innumerable In never-ending tale.
A Lute of Jade by Cranmer-Byng, L. View in context
An opiate vapour, dewy, dim, Exhales from out her golden rim, And, softly dripping, drop by drop, Upon the quiet mountain top.
Poems by Poe, Edgar Allan View in context
I came upon him quite suddenly, and no less unexpectedly, upon the rim of the great Sahara Desert.
At the Earth's Core by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
 
 
 
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