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cam
1[ kam ]
noun
- 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.
- Automotive Slang. camshaft.
verb (used with object)
- to provide (a machine part or mechanism) with a cam or cams.
cam
2[ kam ]
noun
- a camera, especially one that records video (often used in combination, as in digital cam traffic cam webcam ):
She's a professional photographer who uses state-of-the-art cams.
Cam
3[ kam ]
noun
- a river in E England flowing NE by Cambridge, into the Ouse River. 40 miles (64 km) long.
CAM
4[ kam ]
Cam.
5abbreviation for
- Cambridge.
CAM
1abbreviation for
- complementary and alternative medicine
- computer-aided manufacture
- botany crassulacean acid metabolism: a form of photosynthesis, first described in crassulaceous plants, in which carbon dioxide is taken up only at night
- Cameroon (international car registration)
-cam
2combining form
- camera
webcam
Cam
3/ kæm /
noun
- a river in E England, in Cambridgeshire, flowing through Cambridge to the River Ouse. Length: about 64 km (40 miles)
cam
4/ kæm /
noun
- 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
Word History and Origins
Origin of cam2
Origin of cam3
Word History and Origins
Origin of cam1
Example Sentences
We see that some reforms, like body cams, aren't working very well.
Then came the spy cam epidemic, where they were secretly filmed using public toilets and changing rooms.
It is visible in the body cam video as Concannon shines his flashlight on Mitchell’s body.
Upland police posted an edited video on the social platform X that included a clip from an officer’s body cam that showed the moment the officer caught up with the suspect.
In 2023, he was caught on a dash cam bashing someone’s car on the 2 Freeway near York Boulevard.
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