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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. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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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. An opiate vapour, dewy, dim, Exhales from out her golden rim, And, softly dripping, drop by drop, Upon the quiet mountain top. I came upon him quite suddenly, and no less unexpectedly, upon the rim of the great Sahara Desert. |
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