overhead cam
overhead cam noun: a type of cam (and camshaft) in an internal combustion engine, and thus also (metonymic) the type of valvetrain design, the type of engine that uses it, or an instance of such an engine; this design has the inlet and exhaust valves in the cylinder head and has the camshaft(s) up above the valves too.
Noun
overhead cam (plural overhead cams)
- A type of cam (and camshaft) in an internal combustion engine, and thus also (metonymic) the type of valvetrain design, the type of engine that uses it, or an instance of such an engine; this design has the inlet and exhaust valves in the cylinder head and has the camshaft(s) up above the valves too.
- This engine has an overhead cam.
- This engine is an overhead cam model.
- Synonyms:
- OHC
Synonyms of overhead cam
Forms of overhead cam
| plural | overhead cams |
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Words formed from overhead cam
Questions about overhead cam
- What does overhead cam mean?
- Overhead cam means a type of cam (and camshaft) in an internal combustion engine, and thus also (metonymic) the type of valvetrain design, the type of engine that uses it, or an instance of such an engine; this design has the inlet and exhaust valves in the cylinder head and has the camshaft(s) up above the valves too.
- What part of speech is overhead cam?
- Overhead cam is a noun.
- What is the plural of overhead cam?
- The plural of overhead cam is overhead cams.
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