Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A slightly arched surface, as of a road, a ship's deck, an airfoil, or a ski.
- noun The condition of having an arched surface.
- noun A setting of automobile wheels in which they are closer together at the bottom than at the top.
- intransitive & transitive verb To arch or cause to arch slightly.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A harbor.
- To arch; bend; curve, as ship-planks.
- noun A convexity upon an upper surface, as of a deck amidships, a bridge, a beam, or a lintel.
- noun The curve of a ship's plank.
- noun A small dock or part of a dock, protected by a breakwater, where boats and small craft may lie quietly.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To cut bend to an upward curve; to construct, as a deck, with an upward curve.
- intransitive verb To curve upward.
- noun (Shipbuilding) An upward convexity of a deck or other surface.
- noun (Arch.) An upward concavity in the under side of a beam, girder, or lintel; also, a slight upward concavity in a straight arch. See
Hogback . - noun (Arch.) an arch whose intrados, though apparently straight, has a slightly concave curve upward.
- noun (Arch.) a beam whose under side has a concave curve upward.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
slight convexity ,arching orcurvature of asurface of aroad , abeam ,roof deck ,ship 'sdeck etc., so thatliquids will flow off the sides. - noun The
slope of acurved roadcreated tominimize the effect ofcentrifugal force . - noun automotive A vertical
alignment of thewheels of a roadvehicle with positive camber signifying that the wheels arecloser together at thebottom than at thetop . - noun The curvature of an
airfoil . - noun nautical A small
enclosed dock in whichtimber formasts (etc.) is kept toweather . - verb To curve upwards in the middle.
- verb To adjust the camber of the wheels of a vehicle.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb curve upward in the middle
- noun the alignment of the wheels of a motor vehicle closer together at the bottom than at the top
- noun a slight convexity (as of the surface of a road)
- noun 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
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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If you started snowboarding more than five years ago, you probably began by using a board with an arched middle-what's called a camber.
Gizmodo Rachel Swaby 2011
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It is usually bent to a "camber," and the brick arch built upon it naturally takes the same curve.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Various
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What is being sacrificed with rocker is "camber," which refers to the rise between nose and tail that most skis have.
Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local djbrown@denverpost.com (<B>By Douglas Brown </B> 2010
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What is being sacrificed with rocker is "camber," which refers to the rise between nose and tail that most skis have.
Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local <B>By Douglas Brown </B><br><I>The Denver Post</I> 2010
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What is being sacrificed with rocker is "camber," which refers to the rise between nose and tail that most skis have.
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The Big Red MUV climbs rutted off-camber hills really well and the suspension is plush enough to be comfortable when exploring mountain trails or cruising through the desert, but definitely not designed for hitting rain ruts or whoops at speed.
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The Teryx shares the long A-arm and narrow frame concept of the KFX450R to maximize wheel travel while minimizing wheel camber change.
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Again, that nasty little off-camber after the barriers had its say after the leaders cleared the barriers.
Marianne Vos wins her fourth world cyclocross championship 2011
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Dynamically, the biggest single improvement with the 991 comes with the optional active antiroll feature, which uses hydraulic actuators at each corner to correct for changes in camber.
Porsche's Magnificent First Stab at the New 911 Dan Neil 2012
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The Teryx shares the long A-arm and narrow frame concept of the KFX450R to maximize wheel travel while minimizing wheel camber change.
chained_bear commented on the word camber
"... in shipbuilding, a term for any thing that rounds, but chiefly expressed to camber the ways for launching the ship."
—Falconer's New Universal Dictionary of the Marine (1816), 66
October 14, 2008
reesetee commented on the word camber
The transverse convex curvature of exposed decks to accelerate runoff.
August 25, 2009
qms commented on the word camber
A sailor's first lesson at sea
He learns on his elbow and knee
While crawling to clamber
The deck's gentle camber
On orders to puke to the lee.
September 13, 2014
hernesheir commented on the word camber
Great one, qms. Evokes a scene in the 1937 film Captains Courageous, which I recently watched again.
September 13, 2014
qms commented on the word camber
Thank you, hernesheir. I am pleased to evoke memories of that excellent film.
September 13, 2014