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cam
1[ kam ]
noun
- Machinery. a disk or cylinder having an irregular form such that its motion, usually rotary, gives to a part or parts in contact with it a specific rocking or reciprocating motion.
- Automotive Slang. camshaft.
verb (used with object)
, cammed, cam·ming.
- to provide (a machine part or mechanism) with a cam or cams.
cam
2[ kam ]
noun
- a camera, especially one that records video (often used in combination, as in digital cam traffic cam webcam ):
She's a professional photographer who uses state-of-the-art cams.
Cam
3[ kam ]
noun
- a river in E England flowing NE by Cambridge, into the Ouse River. 40 miles (64 km) long.
CAM
4[ kam ]
Cam.
5abbreviation for
- Cambridge.
CAM
1abbreviation for
- complementary and alternative medicine
- computer-aided manufacture
- botany crassulacean acid metabolism: a form of photosynthesis, first described in crassulaceous plants, in which carbon dioxide is taken up only at night
- Cameroon (international car registration)
-cam
2combining form
- camera
webcam
Cam
3/ kæm /
noun
- a river in E England, in Cambridgeshire, flowing through Cambridge to the River Ouse. Length: about 64 km (40 miles)
cam
4/ kæm /
noun
- a slider or roller attached to a rotating shaft to give a particular type of reciprocating motion to a part in contact with its profile
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Word History and Origins
Origin of cam2
First recorded in 1975–80; shortening of camera 1( def )
Origin of cam3
First recorded in 1965–70
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Word History and Origins
Origin of cam1
C18: from Dutch kam comb
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