cam

IPA: kˈæm

A turning or sliding piece which imparts motion to a rod, lever or block brought into sliding or rolling contact with it.
A curved wedge, movable about an axis, used for forcing or clamping two pieces together.
(UK, dialect) A ridge or mound of earth.
(climbing) A spring-loaded camming device, a spring-loaded device for effecting a temporary belay in a rock crevice.
(informal) Camera.
A river in Cambridgeshire, England, which passes through Cambridge and joins the Great Ouse.
A village and civil parish in Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO7400).
A minor river in Gloucestershire which flows into the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal.
A diminutive of the male given name Cameron.
Initialism of complementary and alternative medicine.
(real estate) Initialism of common area maintenance.
Initialism of computer-aided manufacturing.
(aviation) Initialism of cockpit area microphone.
(medicine) Initialism of cell adhesion molecule.
(US, historical, philately) Initialism of contract air mail (often followed by the route number, eg, CAM 21).
(computing) Initialism of content-addressable memory.
Abbreviation of Campeche, a state of Mexico. [A state of Mexico.]

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