Cam wheel

(Mach.) a wheel with one or more projections (cams) or depressions upon its periphery or upon its face; one which is set or shaped eccentrically, so that its revolutions impart a varied, reciprocating, or intermittent motion.

See also: Cam

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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