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Camber

noun

A slight convexity (as of the surface of a road).

A slope in the turn of a road or track; the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force. Synonyms: bank, cant.

The alignment of the wheels of a motor vehicle closer together at the bottom than at the top.

verb

(past & past part. cambered; pres. part. cambering)

Curve upward in the middle.

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"Camber" Quotes from Famous Books

... are 'cambered', that is to say, they curve upward from the leading edge and downward again to the trailing edge. Some of the most valuable work contributed by the laboratory to the science of flight has had for its object the determination of the best form of camber, or curve of the plane. In the result, that form of camber has been found to be best which attains its maximum depth a little way only behind the leading edge, and gradually becomes shallower towards the trailing edge. Such a form of curve ...

— The War in the Air; Vol. 1 - The Part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force • Walter Raleigh

... Although enrolled in the first instance to build roads, this force was afterwards kept on as a working gang to carry out any jobs which became necessary. These men laid out and built an excellent road system, following the well-accepted British lines with a high camber and a hard surface so that the water ...

— Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons - Wesel, Sennelager, Klingelputz, Ruhleben • Henry Charles Mahoney

... 'and he is a great man of his hands, fierce and bold, of strong family, and his brother is Sir Turquine of Camber, who tried to slay thee at Caerleon, and was with the eleven kings in battle. Sir Caradoc liveth in a strong tower beyond the marshes to the south of the river, and he slayeth all that desire to pass them, unless they pay him all ...

— King Arthur's Knights - The Tales Re-told for Boys & Girls • Henry Gilbert