Trim or TRIM may refer to:

Cutting

Cutting Cutting is the separation or opening of a physical object, into two or more portions, through the application of an acutely directed force. Implements commonly used for wikt:cut, cutting are the knife and saw, or in medicine and science the sca ...

or trimming small pieces off something to remove them **

Book trimming Book trimming is the stage of the book production process in which the page edges of a book are trimmed so that all pages will stack with perfect edge alignment within the finished book jacket. The step before book trimming is the binding of th ...

, a stage of the publishing process **

Pruning Pruning is the selective removal of certain parts of a plant, such as branches, buds, or roots. It is practiced in horticulture (especially fruit tree pruning), arboriculture, and silviculture. The practice entails the targeted removal of di ...

, trimming as a form of pruning often used on trees

Decoration

Trim (sewing) Trim or trimming in clothing and home decorating is applied ornament, such as Gimp (thread), gimp, passementerie, ribbon, Ruffle (sewing), ruffles, or, as a verb, to apply such ornament. Before the Industrial Revolution, all trim was made and ...

, ornaments applied to clothing or other textiles * , trimmings, ornaments fastened to women's hats *

Trim package Trim levels are used by manufacturers to identify a vehicle's level of equipment or special features. The equipment and features fitted to a particular vehicle also depend on any options packages or individual options that the car was ordered wi ...

, a set of cosmetic embellishments to a car or other vehicle * Trim, a kind of

decorative molding Moulding (British English), or molding (American English), also coving (in United Kingdom, Australia), is a strip of material with various profiles used to cover transitions between surfaces or for decoration. It is traditionally made from solid ...

, typically around an opening

Places

Trim, County Meath Trim () is a town in County Meath, Ireland. It is situated on the River Boyne and, as of the 2022 census of Ireland, 2022 census, had a population of 9,563. The town is in a Civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish of the same name. The town ...

, a town in Ireland **

Trim Castle Trim Castle () is a castle on the south bank of the River Boyne in Trim, County Meath, Ireland, with an area of 30,000 m2. Over a period of 30 years, it was built by Hugh de Lacy, Lord of Meath, Hugh de Lacy and his son Walter de Lacy, ...

, a castle in Ireland *

Trim Station (OC Transpo) Trim station is a Transitway station and future O-Train terminus in the east end of Ottawa, Ontario, located near Trim Road and Regional Road 174 (former Highway 17). A Natrel factory is located near this station. Trim station once served as t ...

, a bus station in Ottawa, Canada *

Trim Road Trim Road ( Ottawa Road #57) is an arterial road in the eastern end of Orléans, Ontario, a suburb of Ottawa. From its intersection with Jeanne d'Arc Boulevard N, Trim runs south through the eastern suburban areas of Orleans and then south into ...

, Ottawa, Canada

Science and technology

HP TRIM Records Management System OpenText Content Manager (formerly Micro Focus Content Manager, HP Content Manager, HP Records Manager, HP TRIM) is a proprietary electronic document and records management system (EDRMS). History The software was owned by HP Software Divis ...

, computer software *

Trim (computing) A trim command (known as TRIM in the ATA command set, and UNMAP in the SCSI command set) allows an operating system to inform a solid-state drive (SSD) which blocks of data are no longer considered to be "in use" and therefore can be erased in ...

, a solid-state drive erasure optimization command *

Trimming (computer programming) In computer programming, trimming (trim) or stripping (strip) is a string manipulation in which leading and trailing whitespace is removed from a string. For example, the string (enclosed by apostrophes) ' this is a test ' would be changed ...

, using a computer command to trim whitespace from the ends of text *

Transport of ions in matter Stopping and Range of Ions in Matter (SRIM) is a group of computer programs which calculate interactions between ions and matter; the core of SRIM is a program called Transport of Ions in Matter (TRIM). SRIM is popular in the ion implantation re ...

, a computer program *

Tripartite motif family The tripartite motif family (TRIM) is a protein family. Function Many TRIM proteins are induced by interferons, which are important component of resistance to pathogens and several TRIM proteins are known to be required for the restriction of infe ...

, a protein family * Trim, adjustment of an electronic trimmer *

Transfusion-related immunomodulation Transfusion-related immunomodulation (TRIM) refers to the transient depression of the immune system following transfusion of blood products. This effect has been recognized in groups of individuals who have undergone kidney transplantation or have ...

, a potential adverse effect of blood transfusion

Transport

Automotive trim level Trim levels are used by manufacturers to identify a vehicle's level of equipment or special features. The equipment and features fitted to a particular vehicle also depend on any options packages or individual options that the car was ordered wi ...

- a feature of a car *

Trim tab Trim tabs are small surfaces connected to the trailing edge of a larger Flight control surfaces, control surface on a boat or aircraft, used to control the trim of the controls, i.e. to counteract hydro- or aerodynamic forces and stabilise the ...

, in aircraft and boats, an adjustable surface part of a larger control surface used to maintain a desired orientation * Trim, adjustment of a

sail A sail is a tensile structure, which is made from fabric or other membrane materials, that uses wind power to propel sailing craft, including sailing ships, sailboats, windsurfers, ice boats, and even sail-powered land vehicles. Sails may b ...

on a ship or boat * Trim (sailing ballast), adjustment of

sailing ballast Ballast is weight placed low in ships to lower their centre of gravity, which increases stability (more technically, to provide a righting moment to resist any heeling moment on the hull). Insufficiently ballasted boats tend to tip or heel e ...

Trim (ship) The draft or draught of a ship is a determined depth of the vessel below the waterline, measured vertically to its hull's lowest—its propellers, or keel, or other reference point. Draft varies according to the loaded condition of the ship. ...

, the variation from horizontal on the longitudinal axis

Entertainment

* Trim height, the height in a theatre at which a

batten A batten is most commonly a strip of solid material, historically wood but can also be of plastic, metal, or fiberglass. Battens are variously used in construction, sailing, and other fields. In the lighting industry, battens refer to linea ...

is used * "Trim" (song), by Playboi Carti and Future *"Trim", a song by Atmosphere from the album ''

Mi Vida Local ''Mi Vida Local'' is the ninth studio album by American hip hop group Atmosphere. It was released on October 5, 2018 by Rhymesayers Entertainment, and was supported by the lead single "Virgo", as well as an accompanying 35-date album tour with sup ...

'', 2018 *"Trim", a song by Underworld from the album ''

A Hundred Days Off ''A Hundred Days Off'' is the sixth album by British electronic music group Underworld. The album produced two UK Singles Chart entries: " Two Months Off", which reached No. 12, and " Dinosaur Adventure 3D", which reached No. 34. Although thi ...

'', 2002 *

Trim (rapper) Trim (born Javan Daniel Winston St. Prix) is an English grime MC from East London and a former member of Roll Deep. Trim has an eclectic subject matter, beat selection and delivery. Career 2003–2006: Roll Deep Trim joined Roll Deep in 2003 ...

(born 1984), English grime MC from London * ''

Trimmed ''Trimmed'' is a 1922 American silent Western film directed by Harry A. Pollard and featuring Hoot Gibson. It is not known whether the film currently survives, and it may be a lost film. Plot Cast * Hoot Gibson as Dale Garland * Patsy Ru ...

'', a 1922 film starring Hoot Gibson

Other uses

* Corporal Trim, a fictional character in ''

The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman ''The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman'', also known as ''Tristram Shandy'', is a humorous novel by Laurence Sterne. It was published in nine volumes, the first two appearing in 1759, and seven others following over the next sev ...

'' *

Editing Editing is the process of selecting and preparing written language, written, Image editing, visual, Audio engineer, audible, or Film editing, cinematic material used by a person or an entity to convey a message or information. The editing p ...

** Trimming, editing a

posting style When a message is replied to in e-mail, Internet forums, or Usenet, the original can often be included, or "quoted", in a variety of different posting styles. The main options are interleaved posting (also called inline replying, in which the d ...

in online discourse *

Trim (cat) Trim (1799–1804) was a ship's cat which accompanied Matthew Flinders on his voyages to Circumnavigation, circumnavigate and map the coastline of Australia from 1801 to 1803. Biography Trim was born in 1799 aboard the ship , on a voyage f ...

, Matthew Flinders' cat, the first feline to circumnavigate Australia *

Trade Related Investment Measures The Agreement on Trade-Related Investment Measures (TRIMs) are rules that are applicable to the domestic regulations a country applies to foreign investors, often as part of an industrial policy. The agreement, concluded in 1994, was negotiated ...

, rules of the World Trade Organization

People with the surname

Albert Trim Albert Trim (6 October 1875 – 11 July 1954) was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne and Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Football A defender from Beechworth, Trim played in Beechworth's 1897 Ovens & ...

(1875-1954), Australian rules footballer *

Andrew Trim Andrew Trim (born 30 December 1968 in Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian flatwater canoeist who competed from the early 1990s to the early 2000s (decade). Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won two medals in the K-2 500 m ev ...

(born 1968), Australian Olympic athlete * David Trim (born 1969), Indian historian *

John Trim (cricketer) John Trim (25 January 1915 – 12 November 1960) was a West Indies cricket team, West Indian cricketer who played in four Test cricket, Tests from 1948 to 1952. A barrel-chested right-arm fast-medium bowler and right-handed lower-order batsman f ...

(1915-1960), West Indian cricketer *

John Trim (linguist) John Leslie Melville Trim (1924 - 19 January 2013), Director of the Council of Europe's Modern Languages projects from 1971 to 1997, was a key promoter of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. After graduating from University ...

(1924-2013), English linguist *

Judith Trim Judith Trim (11 October 1943 – 9 January 2001, also known as Jude or Judy, and for a while by her first married name, as Jude Waters) was an English studio potter. From 1969 to 1975, she was married to Roger Waters of the rock band Pink Floyd ...

(1943-2001), English studio potter *

Kibwe Trim Kibwe Kambui Khary Trim is a businessman and former professional basketball player from Trinidad and Tobago. Early life Trim's mother was a teacher and his father was an engineer. He was a very good student. Originally a soccer player, Kibwe Tri ...

(born 1984), Trinidad and Tobago businessman and former basketball player *

Michael Trim (television producer) Michael Trim is a cinematographer, director, and producer. He worked on the television series, ''Weeds'', '' Parks and Recreation'', and ''Orange Is the New Black''. In 2010, Trim won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography for a ...

(born 1945), American cinematographer *

Mike Trim Mike Trim is a British artist and miniature model-maker known for his design work on the TV and film productions of AP Films in the 1960s. He is also remembered for illustrating the cover of '' Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Wor ...

(born 1945), English artist *

Ted Trim Edward Seymour Trim (6 November 1907 – 22 April 1989) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray in the Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football competition in ...

(1907-1989), Australian rules footballer