Definition of Cam stroke

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

Exact synonyms: Stroke, Throw
Generic synonyms: Motion, Movement
Specialized synonyms: Instroke, Outstroke

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cam Stroke

calyptrate
calyptriform
calyptrolith
calyx
calyx-tube
calyx tube
calyxed
calyxes
calzirtite
calzone
calzones
calzoni
calzoons
calèches
cam'st
cam stroke (current term)
cama
camachile
camaieu
camaieus
camaieux
camail
camailed
camails
camalexin
camallanina
caman
camanachd
camanchaca
camans

Literary usage of Cam stroke

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Mechanical Drawing: A Treatise on the Drawing of Mechanisms and Machine Details by Franklin Day Jones (1920)
"... and as one fourth the cam circumference is divided into three parts, one half the cam stroke is divided into the square of 3, or into 9 parts and the ..."

2. Cam Design and Manufacture by Frederic Burnham Jacobs (1921)
"As the lever moves over its fulcrum it draws the roll away from the center line of the cam, thus the cam stroke in this particular case is com- 7 ..."

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