Sekirov Dictionary

camber

UK /ˈkæm.bə/US /ˈkæm.bɚ/

noun 6
verb 2
forms 3

noun6

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A slight convexity, arching or curvature of a surface of a road, beam, roof, ship's deck etc., so that liquids will flow off the sides.
- The track was stony with a grassy camber up the middle. — 2022
An upward concavity in the underside of a beam, girder, or lintel; also, a slight upward concavity in a straight arch.
The curvature of an airfoil.
The alignment on the roll axis of the wheels of a road vehicle, where positive camber signifies that the wheels are closer together at the bottom than the top.
•
The slope of a curved road created to minimize the effect of centrifugal force.
- Again we were stricken of our palsy, slowed down, re-accelerated, and there, at last, were the few huts of a hamlet, with the lorry, lying at an angle in the road's camber, outside a tea-shop. — 1952
A small enclosed dock in which timber for masts (etc.) is kept to weather.

verb2

To curve upwards in the middle.
•
To adjust the camber of the wheels of a vehicle.
- Because he cambered the tires too much, he had less control on the turns.

forms

cambered · cambering · cambers

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