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cam

[kam] noun, verb, cammed, cam⋅ming.
–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.

Origin:
< D or LG kam, kamm. See comb 1

Cam

[kam]
–noun
a river in E England flowing NE by Cambridge, into the Ouse River. 40 mi. (64 km) long.
Also called Granta.

CAM

[kam]
–noun
computer-aided manufacturing.

Origin:
1965–70

Cam.

com⋅put⋅er-aid⋅ed manufac⋅turing

[kuhm-pyoo-ter-ey-did]
–noun
1. the use of specially designed computers to improve and regulate manufacturing processes; a type of automation in which computers control and monitor industrial machinery.
2. the techniques used in computer control and monitoring of industrial machinery and processes. Abbreviation: CAM
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cam   (kām)   
n.  An eccentric or multiply curved wheel mounted on a rotating shaft, used to produce variable or reciprocating motion in another engaged or contacted part.

[Dutch kam, cog, comb; see gembh- in Indo-European roots.]
Cam   (kām)   
A river, about 64 km (40 mi) long, of east-central England. It flows past Cambridge to join the Ouse River south of Ely.
CAM  
abbr.  computer-aided manufacturing
computer-aided manufacturing  
n.   Abbr. CAM
The process of using specialized computers to control, monitor, and adjust tools and machinery in manufacturing.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Slang Dictionary
cam (red)

  1. n.
    Cambodian red marijuana. : He claims he scored some cam.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

cam 
1777, from Du. cam "cog of a wheel," originally "comb;" cognate of Eng. comb (q.v.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Computing Dictionary

CAM
1. content addressable memory.
2. computer aided manufacturing.

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
CAM
  1. Camelopardalis (constellation)

  2. Cameroon (international vehicle ID)

  3. computer-aided manufacturing

The American Heritage® Abbreviations Dictionary, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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