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camshaft

shaft to which a cam is fastened
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camshaft

Summary

camshaft ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,005 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • camshaft is a type of mechanism[2].
  • camshaft is part of valvetrain[3].
  • camshaft's Commons category is recorded as Camshafts[4].
  • camshaft comprises cam[5].
  • camshaft's described by source is recorded as "Kyrgyzstan" national encyclopedia[6].

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Definition and Type

camshaft is a type of mechanism[2].

Use and Application

camshaft comprises cam[5]. camshaft is part of valvetrain[3].

Why It Matters

camshaft ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,005 views/month).[1] camshaft has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[7]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 10d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb → —
    Part of → valvetrain
    Subclass of → —
    Has part(s) → cam
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007295701905171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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