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What imparts motion to engine’s valves
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camshaft
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A shaft fitted with cams; especially one in a piston engine that activates the valves.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
A camshaft is a shaft to which a cam is fastened or of which a cam forms an integral part.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. has cams attached to it
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
camshaft \camshaft\ n. a shaft that has cams attached to it, forming part of a mechanical device.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ A youngish man deals with us, taking us to the shop floor where camshafts are made. ▪ His design does away with the latter's camshafts and valves. ▪ Ivars needs help with a Hobson or a Zenith carburettor, correct camshaft timing ...
Usage examples of camshaft.
The camshaft circles around the floor until a hand reaches up to take it down and attach it to the engine block, growing increasingly eccentric now with swooshes of pipe and the plumage of fan blades.
The camshaft flies around the factory until a man unhooks it, attaches it to the engine block, growing eccentric now with fan blades, pipes, and spark plugs.
Daryl delighted in citing large, powerful four-door sedans with all the amenitiesQair conditioning, power windows, cellular phone, adjustable steering column, tape/CD/AM-FM stereo entertainment system, leather upholstery, dual overhead camshafts, tinted glass all aroundQwhile mocking me for my continued insistence on ticketing nothing larger than mopeds and bicycles.
The Stutz eight-cylinder engine featured twin overhead camshafts with four valves per cylinder.
The Stutz eight-cylinder engine featured twin overhead camshafts with four valves per cylinder.
The Stutz has an eight-cylinder five-liter engine featuring twin overhead camshafts with four valves per cylinder.
The Stutz has aneight-cylinder five-liter engine featuring twin overhead camshafts withfour valves per cylinder.
Every fourteen seconds Wierzbicki reams a bearing and Stephanides grinds a bearing and O’Malley attaches a bearing to a camshaft.
Wierzbicki reams a bearing and Stephanides grinds a bearing and O’Malley attaches a bearing to a camshaft.