Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An engine shaft fitted with a cam or cams.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A shaft with cams or wipers used to lift the pestles of stamping-mills.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a shaft that has cams attached to it, forming part of a mechanical device.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
shaft fitted withcams ; especially one in apiston engine that activates thevalves .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun has cams attached to it
Etymologies
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Examples
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Extending immediately below the camshaft is another vertical shaft, driven by bevel gears from the crank-shaft, and terminating in a worm which drives the multiple piston oil pumps.
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The overhead valves (one intake and one exhaust for each cylinder) are operated by pushrods and rockers from the camshaft, which is mounted in four bearings in the crankcase.
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For maximum power, the solenoid valve is always closed and full valve opening is achieved following completely the mechanical camshaft, which is specifically designed to maximise power at high engine speed (long opening time).
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For maximum power, the solenoid valve is always closed and full valve opening is achieved following completely the mechanical camshaft, which is specifically designed to maximise power at high engine speed (long opening time).
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For maximum power, the solenoid valve is always closed and full valve opening is achieved following completely the mechanical camshaft, which is specifically designed to maximise power at high engine speed (long opening time).
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You probably won’t want to break down the engine to see if the camshaft is a few too many thousandths worn from driving lifter number seven.
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You probably won’t want to break down the engine to see if the camshaft is a few too many thousandths worn from driving lifter number seven.
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You probably won’t want to break down the engine to see if the camshaft is a few too many thousandths worn from driving lifter number seven.
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You probably won’t want to break down the engine to see if the camshaft is a few too many thousandths worn from driving lifter number seven.
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The engine also has a sportbike-derived chain-and-gear camshaft drive system that allows for a short/narrow cylinder head design and reduced overall engine height.
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