camshaft

[ kam-shaft, -shahft ]

/ ˈkæmˌʃæft, -ˌʃɑft /

noun

Machinery. a shaft bearing integral cams.

Origin of camshaft

First recorded in 1875–80; cam¹ + shaft

Words nearby camshaft

campylodactyly, CAMRA, Cam Ranh, Cam Ranh Bay, Camrose, camshaft, Camus, cam wheel, camwood, can, Cana

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Example sentences from the Web for camshaft

The camshaft and magneto were driven by the crankshaft through a three-member train of spur gears (see Figures 9, 10 and 11).
The Wright Brothers' Engines and Their Design|Leonard S. Hobbs.
The cam-shaft is hollow, and serves as a channel for the conveyance of lubricating oil to each of the camshaft bearings.
A History of Aeronautics|E. Charles Vivian
The camshaft construction was considerably altered from the 1903 design.
The Wright Brothers' Engines and Their Design|Leonard S. Hobbs.

British Dictionary definitions for camshaft

camshaft

/ (ˈkæmˌʃɑːft) /

noun

a shaft having one or more cams attached to it, esp one used to operate the valves of an internal-combustion engine

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单词	camshaft
释义	camshaft [ kam-shaft, -shahft ] / ˈkæmˌʃæft, -ˌʃɑft / noun Machinery. a shaft bearing integral cams. Origin of camshaft First recorded in 1875–80; cam¹ + shaft Words nearby camshaft campylodactyly, CAMRA, Cam Ranh, Cam Ranh Bay, Camrose, camshaft, Camus, cam wheel, camwood, can, Cana Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for camshaft The camshaft and magneto were driven by the crankshaft through a three-member train of spur gears (see Figures 9, 10 and 11). The Wright Brothers' Engines and Their Design\|Leonard S. Hobbs. The cam-shaft is hollow, and serves as a channel for the conveyance of lubricating oil to each of the camshaft bearings. A History of Aeronautics\|E. Charles Vivian The camshaft construction was considerably altered from the 1903 design. The Wright Brothers' Engines and Their Design\|Leonard S. Hobbs. British Dictionary definitions for camshaft camshaft / (ˈkæmˌʃɑːft) / noun a shaft having one or more cams attached to it, esp one used to operate the valves of an internal-combustion engine Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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