1
: a rotating or sliding piece (such as an eccentric wheel or a cylinder with an irregular shape) in a mechanical linkage used especially in transforming rotary motion into linear motion or vice versa
2
: camshaft
an engine with a single overhead cam
: camera
especially
: video camera
1
computer-aided manufacturing
2
complementary and alternative medicine
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Lesley Cosme Torres, People.com, 19 May 2025
Watch: Diddy’s alleged ‘mule’ arrested at Miami airport, new body cam footage reveals
While those loopholes exist, Elliot thinks a normal person wouldn’t know.
—Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 13 May 2025
The body cams are off, Deborah’s campaign contributions to Pezzimenti’s reelection campaign are back on, and everybody is going to forget this ever happened.
—Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 18 Apr. 2025
Earlier this year, viewers worldwide tuned in to watch bald eagle eggs hatch on a Big Bear live nest cam.
—Leslie Katz, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025
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Noun
Glendale police just released the body cam footage on Thursday, though the incident originally occurred on March 8 in the Westgate Entertainment District, according to an announcement from the Glendale Police Department.
—Lesley Cosme Torres, People.com, 19 May 2025
Watch: Diddy’s alleged ‘mule’ arrested at Miami airport, new body cam footage reveals
While those loopholes exist, Elliot thinks a normal person wouldn’t know.
—Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 13 May 2025
The body cams are off, Deborah’s campaign contributions to Pezzimenti’s reelection campaign are back on, and everybody is going to forget this ever happened.
—Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 18 Apr. 2025
Earlier this year, viewers worldwide tuned in to watch bald eagle eggs hatch on a Big Bear live nest cam.
—Leslie Katz, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025
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“Cam.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cam. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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cam
1 of 2 noun
: a device by which circular motion may be transformed into stop-and-start or back-and-forth motion
cam
2 of 2 nounEtymology
Noun
perhaps from French came "cam," from German Kamm, literally, "comb"
Medical Definition
CAM
abbreviation2
complementary and alternative medicine
According to a 2002 survey by the National Center for Health Statistics, 36 percent of adults in the United States used some form of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), including naturopathy, relaxation techniques, chiropractic, yoga, massage, and diets.—In-Sung Yoo, The News Journal (Wilmington, Delaware)
In-Sung Yoo, The News Journal (Wilmington, Delaware)Geographical Definition
Cam
geographical name
river 40 miles (64 kilometers) long in Cambridgeshire, east central England, flowing into the Ouse River
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