Definition of cam

camnoun

cam

/kæm//kæm/

Word Originlate 18th cent.: from Dutch kam ‘comb’, as in kamrad ‘cog wheel’.

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a part on a wheel that sticks out and changes the circular movement of the wheel into up-and-down or backwards-and-forwards movement

a camera

Example:
  • a video/digital/traffic cam
  • The police now have helmet cams—small video cameras attached to their headgear.

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