gim

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/d͡ʒɪm/

noun

Edible seaweed in Korean cuisine.

“GIM mechanism”

OriginKorean 김 →
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Meanings

gim1

noungim (uncountable)

alternative kim

  1. uncountableEdible seaweed in Korean cuisine.

gim2

adjectivegim (comparative more gim, superlative most gim)

comparative more gim · superlative most gim

  1. UKarchaicdialectalNeat; spruce.

Gim3

proper nounGim (plural Gims)

plural Gims

  1. alternativeAlternative form of Kim (“Korean surname”); A surname from Korean, variant of Kim

GIM4

proper noun
  1. attributiveparticlenatural sciencesThe mechanism through which flavour-changing neutral currents (FCNCs) are suppressed in loop diagrams.

    GIM mechanism

    1 more example

    GIM suppression

Origin

gim · noun

  1. Korean김
  2. Englishgim

Korean 김 (gim)

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gim · adjective

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GIM · proper noun

Initialism of the surnames of Sheldon Glashow, John Iliopoulos, and Luciano Maiani, who published on the topic in 1970.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

gim. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gim

MLA

“gim.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gim. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gim,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gim.

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