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cam
1[kam]
noun
Machinery., a disk or cylinder having an irregular form such that its motion, usually rotary, gives to a part or parts in contact with it a specific rocking or reciprocating motion.
Automotive Slang., camshaft.
verb (used with object)
to provide (a machine part or mechanism) with a cam or cams.
cam
2[kam]
noun
a camera, especially one that records video (often used in combination, as in ).
She's a professional photographer who uses state-of-the-art cams.
Cam
3[kam]
noun
a river in E England flowing NE by Cambridge, into the Ouse River. 40 miles (64 km) long.
CAM
4[kam]
Cam.
5abbreviation
Cambridge.
CAM
1abbreviation
complementary and alternative medicine
computer-aided manufacture
botany crassulacean acid metabolism: a form of photosynthesis, first described in crassulaceous plants, in which carbon dioxide is taken up only at night
Cameroon (international car registration)
-cam
2combining form
camera
webcam
Cam
3/ kæm /
noun
a river in E England, in Cambridgeshire, flowing through Cambridge to the River Ouse. Length: about 64 km (40 miles)
cam
4/ kæm /
noun
a slider or roller attached to a rotating shaft to give a particular type of reciprocating motion to a part in contact with its profile
Word History and Origins
Origin of CAM2
Origin of CAM3
Word History and Origins
Origin of CAM1
Example Sentences
Lancashire Police has shared body cam footage of the arrest at the man's home in Great Harwood.
And admittedly, some of the quips about body cams feel overly anticipated and undercooked.
The “fan cam” — turns out it’s not a kiss-cam at all, go figure — is a gimmick the band has been using for quite a while.
The tech honcho was caught on the kiss cam during a Coldplay concert at Gillette Stadium in Boston, swaying with his company’s head of hiring.
Instead the fire department’s investigation team discovered the failure on Edison’s transmission lines through dash cam footage recorded by a motorist driving on the 210 Freeway nearby, the filing said.
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