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CAM

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("cam" is a kind of...):

rotating mechanism (a mechanism that rotates)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cam"):

distributor cam (the cam inside the distributor that rotates to contact spark plug terminals in the correct order)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A river in east central England that flows past Cambridge to join the Ouse River

Synonyms:

Cam; Cam River; River Cam

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Instance hypernyms:

river (a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek))

Holonyms ("Cam" is a part of...):

England (a division of the United Kingdom)

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