Cam Definition
kăm
cams
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.
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Weather cam.
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Computer-aided manufacturing.
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A curved wedge, movable about an axis, used for forcing or clamping two pieces together.
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(UK, dialect) A ridge or mound of earth.
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Synonyms:
- Cam River
- River Cam
abbreviation
Complementary and alternative medicine.
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Cambodia.
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Computer-aided manufacturing.
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Cameroon.
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Central America.
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verb
To go on webcam with someone.
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adverb
Alternative form of kam.
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Other Word Forms of Cam
Noun
Singular:
cam
Plural:
camsOrigin of Cam
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Recorded since the 16th century, from Dutch kam (“cog of a wheel; originally, comb”) (cognate with English comb, and preserved in modern Dutch compounds such as kamrad, kamwiel (“cog wheel”))
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From camera, from the first part of Latin camera obscura (“dark chamber”), itself from Ancient Greek καμάρα (kamara, “vaulted chamber”), from Proto-Indo-European *kam- (“to arch”)
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Dutch kam cog, comb gembh- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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