camshaft

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camshaft

/ˈkæmʃæft/

noun camshafts

A shaft fitted with cams; especially one in a piston engine that activates the valves.

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noun a shaft fitted with cams

Español	árbol de levas
中文	凸輪軸 /凸轮轴 tūlúnzhóu
Português	eixo de comando, árvore de cames
Français	arbre à cames
Deutsch	Nockenwelle
Italiano	albero a camme
Română	arbore cu came, ax cu came
Русский	распределительный кулачковый вал raspredelitelʹnyj kulačkovyj val, распредвал raspredval
Tiếng Việt	trục cam
العربية	عَمُود الحَدَبَات ʕamūd al-ḥadabāt
עברית	גַּל פִּיקוֹת gal pikot, גַּל זִיזִים gal zizim

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@misc{camshaft_2026,
  title = {camshaft},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/camshaft},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}