Cam

Word CAM
Character 3
Hyphenation cam
Pronunciations [kæm]

Definitions and meanings of "Cam"

What do we mean by cam?

A wheel that has a projecting part and is mounted on a rotating shaft to produce variable or reciprocating motion in another part. noun

Crooked; bent or bending.

A comb. noun

A ridge, hedge, or long earthen mound. noun

In machinery, a device for converting a regular rotary motion into an irregular, fast and slow, intermittent rotary or reciprocating motion. It properly includes the cam-wheel, plain or geared, the cam-shaft, the heart-wheel, the wiper, the wiper-wheel, and the eccentric. The simplest form is that of a heart-shaped, lobe-shaped, or otherwise eccentric wheel, which imparts motion to another wheel either by means of gearing or by rolling contact. Instead of following the irregular face of the cam-wheel, the friction-wheel may travel in a curved race or guiding path on the side of a cam-disk, as in the cam-wheel of a harvester. In another form of cam the face of the wheel is cut into gears or into projecting teeth that may engage another gear, or an arm or a pinion upon a shaft, to give a quickly changing rising and falling motion. Such cams are also called wiper-wheels, and are used to operate stamps and tilt-hammers. The heart-wheel accomplishes the same object, but In a less abrupt manner, while eccentric cams of various shapes may impart a slow thrust and quick return, as in many machine-tools. The wiper, a cam-shaped arm, is very generally used to operate the valves of beam-engines. The cam in some of its forms appears in a great variety of machines, wherever an irregular speed or motion or a rapid reciprocating motion is required, as in the harvester, printing-press, sewing-machine, etc. A cam-shaft is a shaft having tumblers or wipers. The heart-wheel is a heart-shaped cam. (See eccentric.) Cams for determining motion for cutting and tracing, as in certain machines, are called shaper-plates. noun

Crooked. adjective

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. noun

A curved wedge, movable about an axis, used for forcing or clamping two pieces together. noun

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. noun

A ridge or mound of earth. noun

A wheel with one or more projections (cams) or depressions upon its periphery or upon its face; one which is set or shaped eccentrically, so that its revolutions impart a varied, reciprocating, or intermittent motion. noun

Alternative form of kam. adverb

A turning or sliding piece which imparts motion to a rod, lever or block brought into sliding or rolling contact with it. noun

A camming device, a spring-loaded device for effecting a temporary belay in a rock crevice. noun

Camera noun

To go on webcam with someone verb

A river in east central England that flows past Cambridge to join the Ouse River noun

A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion noun

A turning or sliding piece which imparts motion to 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 ridge or mound of earth.

A camming device, a spring-loaded device for effecting a temporary belay in a rock crevice.

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The word "cam" in example sentences

Tum tn Propbetis exteriorem tunt« cam exuit; cum Hieremise niliii praeter cam« peftre reiiquit In Joantae porro omnia mundi veft&menta rejicims, cilicio e Cameli p3is induit. ❋ Unknown (1796)

Unfortunately my cam is a couple hours away and I have not been able to check it in almost a month. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The trail cam is an old 35mm trail cam that I found in one of my storage boxes. ❋ Unknown (2009)

There has been tremendous advancement in twin cams models but the single cam is still the easiest bow to keep shooting tight groups long term. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Like Nate said, not knowing what you are going to get on a trail cam is what makes one exciting to have. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Even a relatively small chunck of rock (say in the 10 meter size range) travelling at 20000 to 50000 km/second has an huge amount of kinetic energy that cam translates into many kilotons/megatons of damage. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Yes | No | Report from fliphuntr14 wrote 5 weeks 4 days ago yeah someone else knows the trail cam is there and just happened to find a great use for last years halloween costume .. you don't throw something like that away. ❋ Unknown (2009)

My current cam is admittedly "last-gen," but it runs on regular AA cells. ❋ Unknown (2009)

A Gorrilla or Yeti costume in front of the trail-cam is a good one though we've yet to follow through. ❋ Unknown (2009)

They are more forgiving on the shoulder and draw smother than other twin cam bows. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Thu 10/22/09 9: 50 AM totally agree. mitch may be the messenger but cam is the diplomat. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The sound on this live cam is so good, I even hear insects buzzing. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The Golden Gate Bridge cam is another good option, although you already missed some of the action there. ❋ Unknown (2008)

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