Cam

[kæm]

Definition

(noun.) a rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.

(noun.) a river in east central England that flows past Cambridge to join the Ouse River.

Checker: Shari--From WordNet

Definition

(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.

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

(n.) 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.

(n.) A ridge or mound of earth.

(a.) Crooked.

Inputed by Bennett

Definition

n. (mech.) a device for changing a regular rotary motion into a reciprocating motion various forms of which are the cam-wheel and shaft the heart-wheel the wiper-wheel and the eccentric.

Edited by Greg