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cam - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'cam' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Cam [ a.]
- Crooked.
2 . Cam [ n.]
- A turning or sliding piece which, by the shape of its periphery or face, or a groove in its surface, imparts variable or intermittent motion to, or receives such motion from, a rod, lever, or block brought into sliding or rolling contact with it.
- A curved wedge, movable about an axis, used for forcing or clamping two pieces together.
- A projecting part of a wheel or other moving piece so shaped as to give alternate or variable motion to another piece against which it acts.
- A ridge or mound of earth.