Usually means: Rotating machine part converts motion.
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We found 59 dictionaries that define the word cam:

General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. CAM, Cam, cam: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. CAM, cam: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. CAM, Cam, cam: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. -cam, cam: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Cam, cam: Vocabulary.com
  6. Cam, ca'm, cam: Wordnik
  7. CAM, Cam, cam: Wiktionary
  8. cam: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. CAM, cam: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. cam: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. CAM, cam: Dictionary.com
  12. cam: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. CAM, Cam (bootleg), Cam (climbing), Cam (disambiguation), Cam (film), Cam (name), Cam (singer), Cam, .cam: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Cam: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. cam: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. cam: Rhymezone
  17. Cam: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. CAM, Cam, cam: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  19. cam: Free Dictionary
  20. cam: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. Cam, cam: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
  22. Cam: Dictionary/thesaurus
  23. cam(e) (m/f): AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. English-Chinese Dictionary of Graphic Communications (Big 5) (No longer online)
  2. Glossary of Stamp Collecting Terms (No longer online)

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)
  2. CAM, Cam (disambiguation): Financial dictionary

Computing (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. CAM: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. cam: Netlingo
  3. CAM: CCI Computer
  4. BABEL: Computer Oriented Abbreviations and Acronyms (No longer online)
  5. Webopedia (No longer online)
  6. I T Glossary (No longer online)
  7. CAM (medicine), Cam (disambiguation), cam: Encyclopedia

Medicine (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. AIDSinfo Glossary (No longer online)
  3. Breast Cancer Talking Dictionary (No longer online)
  4. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  5. CAM: Prostate Cancer Interactive Glossary
  6. CAM: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  7. CAM (medicine), CAM, Cam (disambiguation): Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. baby names list (No longer online)
  2. CAM: Acronym Finder
  3. CAM: Three Letter Words with definitions
  4. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. CAM: A Dictionary of Quaternary Acronyms and Abbreviations

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. cam, cam, Cam: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. CAM, c.a.m: Urban Dictionary

Tech (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. CAM: GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS, CARTOGRAPHY, AND REMOTE SENSING
  2. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  3. Locksmith Dictionary (No longer online)
  4. DOD Dictionary of Military Terms: Joint Acronyms and Abbreviations (No longer online)
  5. CAM: Printed Circuit Design and Manufacturing Glossary
  6. CAM: Coin Collecting
  7. Glossary of PCB Terms (No longer online)
  8. Semiconductor Glossary (No longer online)
  9. Rapid Prototyping Glossary (No longer online)

(Note: See caming as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  A turning or sliding piece which imparts motion to a rod, lever or block brought into sliding or rolling contact with it.
noun:  A curved wedge, movable about an axis, used for forcing or clamping two pieces together.
noun:  (UK, dialect) A ridge or mound of earth.
noun:  (climbing) A spring-loaded camming device, a spring-loaded device for effecting a temporary belay in a rock crevice.
noun:  (informal) Camera.
verb:  To go on webcam with someone.
noun:  A river in Cambridgeshire, England, which passes through Cambridge and joins the Great Ouse.
noun:  A village and civil parish in Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO7400).
noun:  A minor river in Gloucestershire which flows into the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal.
noun:  A diminutive of the male given name Cameron.
adverb:  Alternative form of kam
noun:  Initialism of complementary and alternative medicine.
noun:  (real estate) Initialism of common area maintenance.
noun:  Initialism of computer-aided manufacturing.
noun:  (aviation) Initialism of cockpit area microphone.
noun:  (medicine) Initialism of cell adhesion molecule.
noun:  (US, historical, philately) Initialism of contract air mail (often followed by the route number, eg, CAM 21).
noun:  (computing) Initialism of content-addressable memory.
noun:  Abbreviation of Campeche, a state of Mexico. [A state of Mexico.]

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