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| cam [ kam ] (plural cams) |
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machine part that transfers motion: an irregularly shaped projection on a rotating shaft that changes rotary motion into a reciprocating up-and-down motion in another machine part cam follower that touches it
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| [Late 18th century. < Dutch kam "comb"] |
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