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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of camber.

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Examples

  • At 4:00 I look up canyon and follow the contours lacking in any curves or cambers.

    Richard Bangs: Following Brad and Angelina to Namibia, Part II Richard Bangs 2011

  • At 4:00 I look up canyon and follow the contours lacking in any curves or cambers.

    Richard Bangs: Following Brad and Angelina to Namibia, Part II Richard Bangs 2011

  • So when he cambers down, he overshoots the card by a foot.

    Death's Noisy Herald gerard varni 2011

  • This wobbly intermediate was soon having a ball on the long, tree-lined reds above San Cassiano, although the longish piste 12, proved a darker shade of red, and could challenge less-confident skiers with its tricky cambers.

    Skiing Slows Down in Italy Michael Day 2010

  • Subjects include surveying yacht condition, reading line and construction drawings, half-hull modeling, developing deck cambers, plank fastening, laying decks, interior joinery, rig construction, installing electrical and mechanical systems, and yacht finishing.

    You’re Certifiable Joel Naftali Lee 1999

  • Subjects include surveying yacht condition, reading line and construction drawings, half-hull modeling, developing deck cambers, plank fastening, laying decks, interior joinery, rig construction, installing electrical and mechanical systems, and yacht finishing.

    You’re Certifiable Joel Naftali Lee 1999

  • That calls for surface ribs of varying cambers, and results in an expensive and lengthy job for the builder.

    The Aeroplane Speaks 1919

  • The best cambers for varying velocities, angles of incidence, and thickness of surface, are found by means of wind-tunnel research.

    The Aeroplane Speaks Fifth Edition 1919

  • That calls for surface ribs of varying cambers, and results in an expensive and lengthy job for the builder.

    The Aeroplane Speaks Fifth Edition 1919

  • The best cambers for varying velocities, angles of incidence, and thicknesses of surface, are found by means of wind-tunnel research.

    The Aeroplane Speaks 1919

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