Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • abbreviation complementary and alternative medicine
  • abbreviation computer-aided manufacturing

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  • initialism Complementary and Alternative Medicine
  • initialism Common Area Maintenance (Real Estate)
  • initialism computer-aided manufacturing (Manufacturing)
  • abbreviation Campeche, a state of Mexico.

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Examples

  • There has been a P2P cam of this around for a little while now, so wouldnt surprise me if CAMERAs version is from the same source but here is the first "scene" CAM anyway.

    Releaselog | RLSLOG.net 2009

  • Defendant CAM is a German corporation, but one with a substantial presence in the US, including an American subsidiary and an America-based joint venture with plaintiffs; it also consented to American jurisdiction to resolve conflicts relating to the joint venture.

    Extraterritoriality: Lanham Act applies to German marketing Rebecca Tushnet 2009

  • After a merger with several stronger savings banks fell apart, the lender, which is known by its Spanish acronym CAM, has said it is left with a €2.8 billion capital hole under new Spanish rules on capital ratios, a key measure of a bank's financial strength.

    Spain Pushes Big Banks to Buy Caja Sara Schaefer Munoz 2011

  • Defendant CAM is a German corporation, but one with a substantial presence in the US, including an American subsidiary and an America-based joint venture with plaintiffs; it also consented to American jurisdiction to resolve conflicts relating to the joint venture.

    Archive 2009-08-01 Rebecca Tushnet 2009

  • "CAM" -- which of course is a highly variable category.

    BlueOregon 2009

  • Source was captured on 19 Jun 71, by US Forces in CAM LO District,

    DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE REPORT 1996

  • But when it comes to complementary and alternative medicine also referred to as CAM aimed at prevention, many experts agree that the UK lags behind the US in access to -- and acceptance of -- integrative therapies.

    When It Comes To Integrative Medicine, Does The UK Lag Behind The US? The Huffington Post News Editors 2011

  • He declined to say how much money the bank, known as CAM, needed, but analysts calculate that it would be enough to give the FROB control of more than 50% of the bank.

    Spain May Take Over CAM After Talks on Merger Falter Pablo Dominguez 2011

  • But when it comes to complementary and alternative medicine also referred to as CAM aimed at prevention, many experts agree that the UK lags behind the US in access to -- and acceptance of -- integrative therapies.

    When It Comes To Integrative Medicine, Does The UK Lag Behind The US? The Huffington Post News Editors 2011

  • Many succulents possess a water-efficient variant of photosynthesis called CAM, an acronym for Crassulacean Acid Metabolism.

    Adaptations of desert plants 2009

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