Cam

Cam  (km)

A river, about 64 km (40 mi) long, of east-central England. It flows past Cambridge to join the Ouse River south of Ely.

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cam  (km)

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.

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[Dutch kam, cog, comb; see gembh- in Indo-European roots.]

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cam

Noun

a part of an engine that converts a circular motion into a to-and-fro motion [Dutch kam comb]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Cam - a river in east central England that flows past Cambridge to join the Ouse River Cam River, River Cam England - a division of the United Kingdom
	2.	cam - a rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion distributor cam - the cam inside the distributor that rotates to contact spark plug terminals in the correct order rotating mechanism - a mechanism that rotates

Translations

CAM n abbr (= computer-aided manufacturing) → producción f asistida por ordenador

CAM n abbr (= computer-aided manufacturing) → FAO f

CAM n abbr (= computer-aided manufacture) → CAM nt

CAM n abbr (= computer-aided manufacturing) → fabbricazione f con l'ausilio dell'elaboratore