CAM | English Meaning, Definition, and Pronunciation

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Word: Cam

Speech Type: Noun

Etymology:

late 18th century: from Dutch kam ‘comb’, as in kamrad ‘cogwheel’

Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling: kam
Dialects: British English
Definition:

a projection on a rotating part in machinery, designed to make sliding contact with another part while rotating and impart reciprocal or variable motion to it.

Short Definition:

projection on rotating part in machinery

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