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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024cam•ber /ˈkæmbɚ/USA pronunciation v. - to curve upward in the middle: [no object]The road cambers enough here so the water drains off.[~ + object]The engineers didn't camber the road enough.
n. [countable] - Nautical, Naval Termsa slight arching or upward curve, such as the curve of a plane's wing.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024cam•ber (kam′bər),USA pronunciation v.t., v.i. - to arch slightly;
bend or curve upward in the middle.
n. - Nautical, Naval Termsa slight arching, upward curve, or convexity, as of the deck of a ship.
- a slightly arching piece of timber.
- Aeronauticsthe rise of the curve of an airfoil, usually expressed as the ratio of the rise to the length of the chord of the airfoil.
- Automotivethe outward or inward tilt of a wheel, called positive when the top tilts outward and negative when it tilts inward, measured as the angle, in degrees, between the vertical and a plane through the circumference of the tire.
- Latin camur hooked, curved
- Middle French (north) cambre bent
- 1610–20
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: camber /ˈkæmbə/ n - a slight upward curve to the centre of the surface of a road, ship's deck, etc
- another name for bank2
- an outward inclination of the front wheels of a road vehicle so that they are slightly closer together at the bottom than at the top
- aerofoil curvature expressed by the ratio of the maximum height of the aerofoil mean line to its chord
vb - to form or be formed with a surface that curves upwards to its centre
Etymology: 17th Century: from Old French (northern dialect) cambre curved, from Latin camurus; related to camera chamber |