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Definitions for Cam

[1] 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.
[2] Automotive Slang . camshaft.
[3] to provide (a machine part or mechanism) with a cam or cams.
[4] a camera, especially one that records video (often used in combination, as indigital cam ; traffic cam ; webcam ):She's a professional photographer who uses state-of-the-art cams.
[5] a river in E England flowing NE by Cambridge, into the Ouse River. 40 miles (64 km) long.
[6] computer-aided manufacturing.
[7] Cambridge.
[8] 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
[9] a river in E England, in Cambridgeshire, flowing through Cambridge to the River Ouse. Length: about 64 km (40 miles)
[10] complementary and alternative medicine
[11] computer-aided manufacture
[12] botany crassulacean acid metabolism: a form of photosynthesis, first described in crassulaceous plants, in which carbon dioxide is taken up only at night
[13] Cameroon (international car registration)

Words related to Cam

absurd, askance, asymmetrical, awry, crazy, crooked, lopsided, ludicrous, nonsensical, preposterous, squint, askant, canted, cross-eyed, strabismic

Words nearby Cam

calyx, calzaghe, calzone, calèche, caló, cam, cam follower, cam plant, cam ranh, cam ranh bay, cam wheel

Origin of Cam

First recorded in 1965–70

Word origin for Cam

C18: from Dutch kam comb

Synonyms for Cam

absurd, askance, askant, asymmetrical, awry, canted, crazy, crooked, cross-eyed, lopsided, ludicrous, nonsensical, preposterous, squint, strabismic