ALL meanings of cam
cam
C c - noun cam 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 3
- noun cam a river in E England, in Cambridgeshire, flowing through Cambridge to the River Ouse. Length: about 64 km (40 miles) 3
- abbreviation CAM complementary and alternative medicine 3
- abbreviation CAM computer-aided manufacture 3
- abbreviation CAM crassulacean acid metabolism: a form of photosynthesis, first described in crassulaceous plants, in which carbon dioxide is taken up only at night 3
- abbreviation CAM Cameroon (international car registration) 3
- noun cam computer-aided manufacturing 3
- noun cam Central America 3
- noun cam river in EC England, flowing through Cambridge: 40 mi (64 km) 3
- abbreviation CAM Cambodia 3
- abbreviation CAM Cameroon 3
- noun cam a moving piece of machinery, as a wheel or projection on a wheel, that gives an eccentric rotation or a reciprocating motion to another wheel, a roller, a shaft, etc., or that receives such motion from it 3
- noun cam A cam is a shaped part in machinery such as an engine that rotates in order to cause another part to move or lift. 3
- noun cam A cam is a sliding or rotating part of irregular profile that contacts another part and makes that part move in a backward and forward motion. 3
- noun cam computer-aided manufacturing. 1
- verb with object cam to provide (a machine part or mechanism) with a cam or cams. 1
- noun Technical meaning of cam 1. (storage, architecture) content addressable memory. 2. (application) computer aided manufacturing. 1
- noun cam rotating mechanism 1
- noun cam A projection on a rotating part in machinery, designed to make sliding contact with another part while rotating and to impart reciprocal or variable motion to it. 1
- noun cam A turning or sliding piece which imparts motion to a rod, lever or block brought into sliding or rolling contact with it. 0
- noun cam A curved wedge, movable about an axis, used for forcing or clamping two pieces together. 0
- noun cam (Britain, dialect) A ridge or mound of earth. 0
- noun cam (rock climbing) A camming device, a spring-loaded device for effecting a temporary belay in a rock crevice. 0
- noun cam (Informal) camera. 0
- verb cam To go on webcam with someone. 0
- adverb cam Alternative form of kam. 0