Camshaft definition

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An engine shaft fitted with a cam or cams.
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A shaft of which a cam is an essential part, or to which a cam is fastened.
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A shaft fitted with cams; especially one in a piston engine that activates the valves.
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camshaft
Plural:
camshafts

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Camshaft Sentence Examples

  • Two parallel vertical valves per cylinder are driven directly by a single overhead camshaft.

  • In the picture to the right, at the free end, one can see the vertical shaft which drives the camshaft.

  • This engine was the first in a Fiesta to feature an overhead camshaft instead of the usual overhead valve format.

  • This is done by rotating the camshaft ahead a few degrees.

  • Then there was a move to a flexible timing belt rather than chain drive for the overhead camshaft.

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