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Betekenis (Engels)

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.

Concepten

nok

bankschroef

Synoniemen

pin

finger

lever

heart piece

nosewheel

eccentric piece

jaw

Vertalingen

came

camma

Nocke

Nocken

leva

έκκεντρο

eccentrico

Schraubzwinge

🗜️

Schraubstock

beißen

έκκεντρο κινητήρα

μέγκενη

étau

nocken

δόντι

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

[kæm]

Etymologie (Engels)

Verwant aan Engels: 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.