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Definition of Camshaft
1. Noun. Has cams attached to it.
Definition of Camshaft
1. Noun. A shaft fitted with cams; especially one in a piston engine that activates the valves. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Camshaft
1. a shaft fitted with cams [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Camshaft
Literary usage of Camshaft
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Motor Vehicle Engineering; Engines (for Automobiles, Trucks, and Tractors) by Ethelbert Favary (1920)
"The camshaft as well as the accessories are generally driven by the crankshaft
... The face width of the crankshaft and camshaft gears are made alike, ..."
2. Motor Vehicle Engineering: Engines (for Automobiles, Trucks and Tractors) by Ethelbert Favary (1919)
"As a rule, the camshaft as well as the accessories are driven from a single pinion
... Since the camshaft rotates at one-half the speed of the crankshaft, ..."
3. Dyke's Automobile and Gasoline Engine Encyclopedia by Andrew Lee Dyke (1920)
"From the end of the camshaft housing it is led around the end of the camshaft
... Once every revolution of the camshaft, a hole drilled through the camshaft ..."
4. Textbook of Aero Engines by E H Sherbondy, G. Douglas Wardrop (1920)
"The spindles of the valve rockers are carried directly in the camshaft housing,
no gunmetal or other bushes being fitted. The inner arms of the rocker ..."
5. Automobile Troubles and how to Remedy Them: A Practical Book for Automobile by Charles P. Root (1909)
"N, inlet valve camshaft gear wheel. B, connecting rod. M, gear wheel on C.
D, cylinder. O, exhaust valve camshaft gear wheel* EEE, water jacket P, ..."
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