noun
1.
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.
2.
Automotive Slang. camshaft.
verb (used with object)
3.
to provide (a machine part or mechanism) with a cam or cams.
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noun
a river in E England flowing NE by Cambridge, into the Ouse River. 40 miles (64 km) long.
Also called Granta.
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cam (kæm) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 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 | |
| [C18: from Dutch kam comb] | |
| Cam (kæm) | |
| —n | |
| a river in E England, in Cambridgeshire, flowing through Cambridge to the River Ouse. Length: about 64 km (40 miles) | |
| CAM | |
| —abbreviation for | |
| 1. | complementary and alternative medicine |
| 2. | computer-aided manufacture |
| 3. | botany crassulacean acid metabolism: a form of photosynthesis, first described in crassulaceous plants, in which carbon dioxide is taken up only at night |
| 4. | Cameroon (international car registration) |
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Slang Dictionary
cam (red) definition
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
CAM
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| cam. camouflage |
| Cam. Cambridge |
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Example sentences from the web
Dlc is used in bearings, cams, cam followers, and shafts in the automobile industry.
In other words cam software usually comes with a machine such as a lathe or chisel.
Cam says everyone became exposed to it from graveyard dirt and no quarantine is imposed.
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