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Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

Noun

1. A turning or sliding piece which imparts motion to a rod, lever or block brought into sliding or rolling contact with it.
2. A turning or sliding piece which imparts motion to a rod, lever or block brought into sliding or rolling contact with it.
3. (UK, dialectal) A ridge or mound of earth.
4. A spring-loaded camming device, a spring-loaded device for effecting a temporary belay in a rock crevice.

Verb

To go on webcam with someone.

Adv

Alternative form of kam.

Έννοιες

έκκεντρο

δόντι

μέγκενη

έκκεντρο κινητήρα

Συνώνυμα

pin

finger

lever

heart piece

nosewheel

eccentric piece

jaw

Μεταφράσεις

came

camma

Nocke

Nocken

leva

nok

eccentrico

Schraubzwinge

🗜️

Schraubstock

beißen

nocken

morsa

bocciolo

🌼

étau

Kurvenscheibe

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

[kæm]

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

Συγγενές με Αγγλικά: comb

In summary

PIE word
*ǵómbʰos
Recorded since the 16th century, from Dutch kam (“cog of a wheel; originally, comb”) (cognate with English comb, and preserved in modern Dutch compounds such as kamrad, kamwiel (“cog wheel”)). Doublet of comb.