trimmer

(trĭm'ər)
n.

1. 1. One that trims: a window trimmer.
   2. A device or machine, such as a lumber trimmer, that is used for trimming.
2. One who changes one's opinions, especially in politics, to suit the needs of the moment.
3. Electronics. A variable component used to make fine adjustments to capacity or resistance.
4. Architecture. A beam across an opening, such as a hearth, into which the ends of joists can be fitted.

The term acquired popularity from the publication in 1688 of Halifax's pamphlet The Character of a Trimmer, which appealed for moderation in politics, condemning ‘madmen in two extremes [who] agree to make common sense treason’. Why, asked Halifax, do we play the fool by throwing the names Whig and Tory at each other, as boys do snowballs? Since moderation is rarely admired, the term soon acquired a pejorative meaning of waverer or time-server.

1. A piece of timber inserted in a roof, floor, wooden partition, or the like, to support a header which in turn supports the ends of the joists, rafters, studs, etc.
2. A small horizontal beam, as in a floor, into which the ends of one or more joists are framed; often named from the place of use as a hearth trimmer, stair trimmer, etc.
3. A trimmer arch.
4. Variously shaped ceramic tile used as bases, caps, corners, moldings, and angles, as necessary to complete an installation and to satisfy sanitary and architectural requirements.

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Small value variable capacitor, resistor or inductor used to fine tune a larger value.

Dansk (Danish)
n. - trimmer, trimningsmaskine, klipper

Nederlands (Dutch)
snoeier, snoeimes

Français (French)
n. - taille-haies, tondeuse, taille-bordures, ébarbeuse, ébouteuse, (Électron) condensateur ajustable d'appoint, (Constr) chevêtre, opportuniste, (Imprim) massicot de rognage

Deutsch (German)
n. - Putzer, Maschine zum Zurechtschneiden, Opportunist, Wechselbalken, Abgleichkondensator

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - αρμοκόπτης, καιροσκόπος, οπορτουνιστής

Italiano (Italian)
decoratore

Português (Portuguese)
n. - aquele que embeleza ou enfeita (m), podador (m), oportunista (m), guilhotina (f)

Русский (Russian)
приспособленец, оппортунист, обрезной станок

Español (Spanish)
n. - desbastador, guillotina, oportunista, escaparatista

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - trimmer, trimningsmaskin, klippningsmaskin, trimningssax, trimkam, reparatör, putsare, dekoratör, trimroder (flyg), vindflöjel, opportunist (bildl.)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
整理者, 修剪者, 装饰者

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 整理者, 修剪者, 裝飾者

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 정돈하는 사람, 기회주의자, 꾸지람하는 사람

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 整とんする人, 刈り込み用具, 日和見主義者

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) أداة أو أله تشذيب أو تهذيب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מסדר, גוזם, משנה עמדותיו, סתגלן, אופורטוניסט‬

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