OHC

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A form of overhead cam — 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.

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Meanings

nounOHC (plural OHCs)

plural OHCs

  1. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of overhead cam.
  2. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of ocean heat content.
  3. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of outer hair cell.
  4. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of organizational health center.
proper noun
  1. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of Order of the Holy Cross.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
overhead cam

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

chooch
Cite this entry
APA

OHC. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/OHC

MLA

“OHC.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/OHC. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “OHC,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/OHC.

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