CAD/CAM
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of CAD/CAM
First recorded in 1980–85
Example Sentences
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Dental-lab technicians shifted from manual molds to digital scanning and CAD/CAM; etchers and engravers moved from hand tools to digital engraving.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 22, 2025
The minimalism of Twitter also appeals to me—I fear the day its developers improve it so you can use it for CAD/CAM and to build PowerPoint decks.
From Slate • Jun. 17, 2011
In both West Germany and Japan, interest in CAD/CAM applications is already at the boiling point.
From Time Magazine Archive
The manufacturing, or "CAM" side of the CAD/CAM loop is only now beginning to take shape, but its potential applications are, if anything, even more mind stretching.
From Time Magazine Archive
They are what you might expect: secretaries, security guards, salesclerks, assembly-line workers, analysts and CAD/CAM designers.
From Time Magazine Archive
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