CAM STROKE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cam stroke mean? 

• CAM STROKE (noun)
  The noun CAM STROKE has 1 sense:

1. the maximum movement available to a pivoted or reciprocating piece by a cam

  Familiarity information: CAM STROKE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CAM STROKE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The maximum movement available to a pivoted or reciprocating piece by a cam

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

cam stroke; stroke; throw

Hypernyms ("cam stroke" is a kind of...):

motion; movement (a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cam stroke"):

instroke (the stroke of an engine piston moving away from the crankshaft)

outstroke (the stroke of an engine piston moving toward the crankshaft)