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CAM
abbr.
1. complementary and alternative medicine
2. computer-aided manufacturing
cam
(kăm)n.
1. A wheel that has a projecting part and is mounted on a rotating shaft to produce variable or reciprocating motion in another part.
2. Any of various similar devices having a rotating part of variable radius that interacts with another part to exert a variable force or resistance.
[Dutch kam, cog, comb; see gembh- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]
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cam
(kæm)n
(Mechanical Engineering) 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
[C18: from Dutch kam comb]
Cam
(kæm)n
(Placename) a river in E England, in Cambridgeshire, flowing through Cambridge to the River Ouse. Length: about 64 km (40 miles)
CAM
abbreviation for
1. (Complementary Medicine) complementary and alternative medicine
2. (Computer Science) computer-aided manufacture
3. (Botany) botany crassulacean acid metabolism: a form of photosynthesis, first described in crassulaceous plants, in which carbon dioxide is taken up only at night
4. (Automotive Engineering) Cameroon (international car registration)
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cam
(kæm)n.
a disk or cylinder having an irregular form such that its motion, usu. rotary, gives a rocking or reciprocating motion to any contiguous part.
[< Dutch or Low German kam, kamm. See comb]
Cam
(kæm)n.
a river in E England flowing NE by Cambridge, into the Ouse River. 40 mi. (64 km) long. Also called Granta.
CAM
(kæm)n.
computer-aided manufacturing.
[1965–70]
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| Noun | 1. |  Cam - a river in east central England that flows past Cambridge to join the Ouse RiverEngland - 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 |
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Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
CAM
[ˈkæm] n abbr (=computer-aided manufacturing) → FAO fCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
CAM
[kæm] n abbr =computer-aided manufacturing → fabbricazione f assistita dall'elaboratorecam
[kæm] n (Tech) → camma, eccentricoCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995