Camber Definition

kămbər
cambers
noun
cambers
A slight convex curve of a surface, as of a road, a ship's deck, or a beam.
Webster's New World
The condition of having an arched surface.
American Heritage
In automotive wheel alignment, a slight tilt given to each of a pair of wheels on an axle: positive camber indicates that the bottoms are closer together than the tops, and negative camber indicates the opposite situation.
Webster's New World
The arching curve of an airfoil from the leading edge to the trailing edge.
Webster's New World

The slope of a curved road created to minimize the effect of centrifugal force.

Wiktionary
Synonyms:
verb
cambers
To arch or cause to arch slightly.
American Heritage
To arch slightly; curve convexly.
Webster's New World
To adjust the camber of the wheels of a vehicle.
Because he cambered the tires too much, he had less control on the turns.
Wiktionary

Origin of Camber

  • From Middle English caumber curved from Old North French dialectal caumbre from Latin camur perhaps from Greek kamara vault

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Old French cambre (“bent”), from Latin camurum, from camur (“arched”).

    From Wiktionary

Camber Sentence Examples

  • The camber is a weighted arch at the center.

  • In general, shaped skis have a camber which helps distribute your weight across the entire length of the ski.

  • There is a coaling jetty and camber for the storage of both sea-borne and land-borne coal, with hydraulic appliances for handling it.

  • The same principle is applied to the rear camber.

  • It would appear that your car has positive camber on the rear which is lethal.

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Words Starting With

CCACAM

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RERBER

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