English Explanatory Dictionary

overhead cam

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A type of cam (and camshaft) in an internal combustion engine, and thus also (metonymic) the type of valvetrain design, the type of engine that uses it, or an instance of such an engine; this design has the inlet and exhaust valves in the cylinder head and has the camshaft(s) up above the valves too.

Word forms

overhead cam overhead cams

Synonyms

OHC

Derived words

DOHC OHC SOHC
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