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twin-cam

twin-cam is the alternative form of twincam.

Meaning of twincam

Noun

twincam (plural twincams)

  1. A type of sports car engine that has two overhead camshafts within the cylinder head, resulting in more horsepower than a standard single cam engine.
    • All Giuliettas had a twincam four-cylinder engine with wet liners, plus four- or five-speed gearboxes and an excellent-handling chassis.1985, Richard M. Langworth, Graham Robson, Complete Book of Collectible Cars: 1930-1980, →ISBN, page 246

Forms of twin-cam

pluraltwin-cams

Questions about twin-cam

What is twin-cam the alternative form of?
Twin-cam is the alternative form of twincam.

Words near twin-cam in the dictionary

  1. twin towns
  2. twin tub
  3. twin tubs
  4. twin XL
  5. twin-born
  6. twin-cam
  7. twin-cams
  8. twin-clutch gearbox
  9. twin-clutch gearboxes
  10. twin-engine
  11. twin-engined

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Adapted from Wiktionary: twin-cam (page history and authors); twincam (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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