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  1. noun An eccentric or multiply curved wheel mounted on a rotating shaft, used to produce variable or reciprocating motion in another engaged or contacted part.

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  • The Spyball ™ spy-cam is a remote controlled, Wi-Fi enabled, transforming robotic ball that introduces an element of play to telepresence functionality. —  Gizmodo
  • The director, Cristophe Van Rompaey, is one of those "the jerky-cam is the way to shown the truth" types, although the camera does not bounce around as much as it has in many recent films. —  The House Next Door
  • Any sort of motion in the air or dials that you change on your cam will be audible. —  Digital Photography Tips from the Top Floor (Audio/Video)
  • The film relies heavily on the shaky-cam, amateur footage shot by the Robertses. —  Home - BostonHerald.com
  • I have always wanted a CMU cam, and now I want one even more. —  Daily DIY
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  1. Dutch kam, cog, comb; see gembh- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. A dial. form of comb, from Middle English camb, from Anglo-Saxon camb = Dutch kam = German kamm = Danish Swedish kam, etc., a comb; also applied to several mechanical devices, as D. kam, a bridge, sley, = German kamm, a cog (kamm-rad, a cog-wheel),= Danish kam, a cog, bit, ridge (kam-hjul, a cog-wheel): see comb.
  2. Also written kam; from W. Irish Gaelic cam, crooked. Cf. gamb, jamb.
 

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