"camshaft" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: camshafts [plural]
Etymology: 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 (Chinese Mandarin), 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 (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)

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      "sense": "a shaft fitted with cams",
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      "sense": "a shaft fitted with cams",
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      "sense": "a shaft fitted with cams",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "a shaft fitted with cams",
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      "sense": "a shaft fitted with cams",
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