cam
Meaning
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- A turning or sliding piece which imparts motion to a rod, lever or block brought into sliding or rolling contact with it.
- A curved wedge, movable about an axis, used for forcing or clamping two pieces together.
- A ridge or mound of earth.
- A spring-loaded camming device, a spring-loaded device for effecting a temporary belay in a rock crevice.
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Pronounced as (IPA)
[kæm]
Etymology
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.
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