"camshaft" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkæmʃæft/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Sapaa-camshaft.wav Forms: camshafts [plural]
Etymology: From cam + shaft. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|cam|shaft}} cam + shaft Head templates: {{en-noun}} camshaft (plural camshafts)
  1. A shaft fitted with cams; especially one in a piston engine that activates the valves. Categories (topical): Auto parts Related terms: crankshaft Translations (a shaft fitted with cams): عَمُود الحَدَبَات (ʕamūd al-ḥadabāt) [masculine] (Arabic), разпределителен вал (razpredelitelen val) (Bulgarian), 凸輪軸 /凸轮轴 (tūlúnzhóu) (Chinese Mandarin), vačkový hřídel (Czech), kamaksel (Danish), nokkenas [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), kamŝafto (Esperanto), nukkvõll (Estonian), nokka-akseli (Finnish), arbre à cames (French), Nockenwelle [feminine] (German), גַּל פִּיקוֹת (gal pikot) [masculine] (Hebrew), גַּל זִיזִים (gal zizim) [masculine] (Hebrew), poros bubungan (Indonesian), albero a camme [masculine] (Italian), paskirstymo velenas [masculine] (Lithuanian), брегаста осови́на (bregasta osovína) [feminine] (Macedonian), kamaksel [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), kamaksel [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), kamaksling [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), wałek rozrządu [masculine] (Polish), wałek rozrządczy [masculine] (Polish), eixo de comando [masculine] (Portuguese), árvore de cames [feminine] (Portuguese), arbore cu came [masculine] (Romanian), ax cu came [neuter] (Romanian), распределительный кулачковый вал (raspredelitelʹnyj kulačkovyj val) [masculine] (Russian), распредвал (raspredval) [masculine] (Russian), árbol de levas [masculine] (Spanish), kamaxel [common-gender] (Swedish), tandos-umbok (Tagalog), trục cam (Vietnamese)

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      "sense": "a shaft fitted with cams",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "arbore cu came"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "a shaft fitted with cams",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ax cu came"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "raspredelitelʹnyj kulačkovyj val",
      "sense": "a shaft fitted with cams",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "распределительный кулачковый вал"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "raspredval",
      "sense": "a shaft fitted with cams",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "распредвал"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a shaft fitted with cams",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "árbol de levas"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a shaft fitted with cams",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "kamaxel"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "a shaft fitted with cams",
      "word": "tandos-umbok"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "a shaft fitted with cams",
      "word": "trục cam"
    }
  ],
  "word": "camshaft"
}

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