CAM


Meaning of CAM in English

I. ˈkam noun

Etymology: perhaps from French came, from German Kamm, literally, comb, from Old High German kamb

Date: 1777

: a rotating or sliding piece (as an eccentric wheel or a cylinder with an irregular shape) in a mechanical linkage used especially in transforming rotary motion into linear motion or vice versa

II. noun

Date: 1977

: camera ; especially : video camera

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.