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Definition of: cam
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(kam) noun Mech.
A rotating piece of irregular shape, as on a wheel in a machine: used to change the direction of the motion of another part moving against it, as rotary into reciprocating or variable motion. [<Du. cam tooth, cog of a wheel]
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