CAM


Meaning of CAM in English

/ kæm; NAmE / noun

a part on a wheel that sticks out and changes the circular movement of the wheel into up-and-down or backwards-and-forwards movement

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WORD ORIGIN

late 18th cent.: from Dutch kam comb, as in kamrad cog wheel.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.