CAM : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: CAM	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for CAM
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Cam n a river in east central England that flows past Cambridge to join the Ouse River Synonym(s): Cam, River Cam, Cam River a rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cam \Cam\, a. [See {Kam}.] Crooked. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cam \Cam\ (k[acr]m), n. [Dan. kam comb, ridge; or cf. W., Gael., and Ir., cam bent. See 1st {Comb}.] 1. (Med.) (a) A turning or sliding piece which, by the shape of its periphery or face, or a groove in its surface, imparts variable or intermittent motion to, or receives such motion from, a rod, lever, or block brought into sliding or rolling contact with it. (b) A curved wedge, movable about an axis, used for forcing or clamping two pieces together. (c) A projecting part of a wheel or other moving piece so shaped as to give alternate or variable motion to another piece against which it acts.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
CAM 1. {content addressable memory}. 2. {computer aided manufacturing}. (1999-09-17)