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cam

[ kam ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

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)

cammed, camming.

to provide (a machine part or mechanism) with a cam or cams.

cam

[ kam ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

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

[ kam ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a river in E England flowing NE by Cambridge, into the Ouse River. 40 miles (64 km) long.

CAM

⁴

[ kam ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

computer-aided manufacturing.

Cam.

⁵

abbreviation for

Cambridge.

CAM

abbreviation 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

combining form

camera
webcam

Cam

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noun

a river in E England, in Cambridgeshire, flowing through Cambridge to the River Ouse. Length: about 64 km (40 miles)

cam

⁴

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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

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Word History and Origins

Origin of cam¹

< Dutch or Low German kam, kamm. See comb

Origin of cam²

First recorded in 1975–80; shortening of camera ¹( def )

Origin of cam³

First recorded in 1965–70

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Word History and Origins

Origin of cam¹

C18: from Dutch kam comb

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The 37-year-old “Blink Twice” actor shared his statement hours after police body cam footage of his interaction with a law officer surfaced Thursday evening.

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I didn't have the security cam footage or any of that.

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There was even a crotch cam in that graveyard sequence beaming grainy images of Gaga’s rhythmic thrusting to the enormous video screens flanking the stage.

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The animal clamped down at Paredes’ head and neck, documents and body cam footage show.

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Police are appealing for anyone who may have witnessed the crash or who may have dash cam footage to contact them.

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calzone cama

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