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camwheel

camwheel noun: a wheel with one or more projections (cams) or depressions upon its periphery or upon its face, one which is set or shaped eccentrically, so that its revolutions impart a varied, reciprocating, or intermittent motion.

camwheel: a wheel with one or more projections (cams) or depressions upon its periphery or upon its face, one...
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Noun

camwheel (plural camwheels)

  1. A wheel with one or more projections (cams) or depressions upon its periphery or upon its face, one which is set or shaped eccentrically, so that its revolutions impart a varied, reciprocating, or intermittent motion.
    • camwheel on a motorbike/conveyor

Forms of camwheel

pluralcamwheels

Origin of camwheel

From cam + wheel.

Questions about camwheel

What does camwheel mean?
Camwheel means a wheel with one or more projections (cams) or depressions upon its periphery or upon its face, one which is set or shaped eccentrically, so that its revolutions impart a varied, reciprocating, or intermittent motion.
What part of speech is camwheel?
Camwheel is a noun.
What is the plural of camwheel?
The plural of camwheel is camwheels.

Words near camwheel in the dictionary

  1. camuropiscids
  2. camus
  3. Camusian
  4. Camuy
  5. Camwell
  6. camwheel
  7. camwheels
  8. camwhore
  9. camwhored
  10. camwhores
  11. camwhoring

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