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Rim

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Rim may refer to:

  • Rim (basketball), the hoop through which the ball must pass
    • Breakaway rim, a sprung basketball rim
  • Rim (coin), the raised edge which surrounds the coin design
  • Rim (crater), extending above the local surface
  • Rim (firearms), a projection machined into the bottom of a firearms cartridge
  • Rim (novel), by Alexander Besher
  • Rim (wheel), the outer part of a wheel on which the tire is mounted
  • Slang term for analingus
  • "Rim", a song by Brooke Candy featuring Violet Chachki and Aquaria from the album Sexorcism

RIM may stand for:

  • Reaction injection molding, a type of processing for network polymers
  • Recording Industry Association of Malaysia
  • Red Island Minerals, Australia coal company
  • Reference Information Model, in Health Level Standards 7
  • Remote Infrastructure Management of computer systems
  • Research in Motion, Canadian company later named BlackBerry Limited
  • Revolutionary Internationalist Movement, an international Maoist organization
  • The US military designation for a ship-launched, intercept, guided missile; examples include
    • RIM-66 Standard
    • RIM-7 Sea Sparrow
  • Russian Imperial Movement, Russian paramilitary organisation

Places

  • Rim, Črnomelj, Slovenia
  • Rim, Nepal, Salyan District, Rapti Zone
  • Rim, Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, a village near Vrbovsko, Croatia

See also

  • RIMS (disambiguation)
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