CAMabbr.1. complementary and alternative medicine2. computer-aided manufacturingcam (k?m) n. 1. A wheel that has a projecting part and is mounted on a rotating shaft to produce variable or reciprocating motion in another part. 2. Any of various similar devices having a rotating part of variable radius that interacts with another part to exert a variable force or resistance. [Dutch kam, cog, comb; see gembh- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.cam (kæm) n (Mechanical Engineering) 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[C18: from Dutch kam comb]Cam (kæm) n (Placename) a river in E England, in Cambridgeshire, flowing through Cambridge to the River Ouse. Length: about 64 km (40 miles)CAM abbreviation for 1. (Complementary Medicine) complementary and alternative medicine 2. (Computer Science) computer-aided manufacture 3. (Botany) botany crassulacean acid metabolism: a form of photosynthesis, first described in crassulaceous plants, in which carbon dioxide is taken up only at night 4. (Automotive Engineering) Cameroon (international car registration) Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014cam (kæm) n. a disk or cylinder having an irregular form such that its motion, usu. rotary, gives a rocking or reciprocating motion to any contiguous part. [
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CAMabbr.1. complementary and alternative medicine2. computer-aided manufacturingcam (k?m) n. 1. A wheel that has a projecting part and is mounted on a rotating shaft to produce variable or reciprocating motion in another part. 2. Any of various similar devices having a rotating part of variable radius that interacts with another part to exert a variable force or resistance. [Dutch kam, cog, comb; see gembh- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.cam (kæm) n (Mechanical Engineering) 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[C18: from Dutch kam comb]Cam (kæm) n (Placename) a river in E England, in Cambridgeshire, flowing through Cambridge to the River Ouse. Length: about 64 km (40 miles)CAM abbreviation for 1. (Complementary Medicine) complementary and alternative medicine 2. (Computer Science) computer-aided manufacture 3. (Botany) botany crassulacean acid metabolism: a form of photosynthesis, first described in crassulaceous plants, in which carbon dioxide is taken up only at night 4. (Automotive Engineering) Cameroon (international car registration) Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014cam (kæm) n. a disk or cylinder having an irregular form such that its motion, usu. rotary, gives a rocking or reciprocating motion to any contiguous part. [
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-cam n combining form 1. (Film) camera: webcam. 2. (Photography) camera: webcam. Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014