Fitted with or having a cam mechanism, especially in machinery or engine design.
From cam (an off-center rotating piece in machinery), from Dutch kam. The past participle -ed indicates something that has been equipped with a cam.
Cams are one of the oldest mechanical tricks—ancient Rome used them to operate water mills, but the word only entered English during the Industrial Revolution when machinery became common enough to need specific technical terms!
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