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cam definition

cam (kam)

noun

a moving piece of machinery, as a wheel or projection on a wheel, that gives an eccentric rotation or a reciprocating motion to another wheel, a roller, a shaft, etc., or that receives such motion from it

Etymology: Du cam, orig., comb

Cam1 definition

Cam (kam)

river in EC England, flowing through Cambridge: 40 mi (64 km)
Cam2 definition

Cam

  1. Cambodia
  2. Cameroon
CAm definition

CAm

Central America
CAM definition

CAM (kam)

noun

computer-aided manufacturing

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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