camber en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
From Old French cambre (“bent”), from Latin camurum, from camur (“arched”).
Meanings
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(uncountable) 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.
From end to end, just behind the houses, ran the broad gravel walk, with its emphatic camber and its metal-edged gutters where a child's ball would come to rest and the first few plane leaves, dusty but still green, were already falling, since the summer had been so hot and rainless all through.
2004, Alan Hollinghurst, chapter 1, in The Line of Beauty […], London: Picador, →ISBN:The track was stony with a grassy camber up the middle.
2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 443:
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(uncountable) The slope of a curved road created to minimize the effect of centrifugal force.
Even a small camber one way caused the whole outfit to list alarmingly.
2000, Bob Foster, Birdum or Bust!, Henley Beach, SA: Seaview Press, page 173: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, Norman Lewis, Golden Earth:
- (uncountable) An upward concavity in the underside of a beam, girder, or lintel; also, a slight upward concavity in a straight arch.
- (uncountable) 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.
- (uncountable) The curvature of an airfoil.
- (uncountable) A small enclosed dock in which timber for masts (etc.) is kept to weather.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| cambre | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic |
Deriveds
camber-keeled · camber arch · camber angle · camber beam
Synonyms
Translations (25)
bg вираж (slope of a curved road) · es inclinación (alignment of wheels) · fi kaarevuus (curvature of an airfoil) · fi sivukallistuma (alignment of wheels) · fr carrossage (alignment of wheels) · pl wypukłość (slight convexity of a surface) · ru вы́пуклость (slight convexity of a surface) · es peralte (slope of a curved road) · cs sklon (slight convexity of a surface) · bg изпъкналост (slight convexity of a surface) · sv rundning (curvature of an airfoil) · id kamber (curvature of an airfoil) · es combadura (slight convexity of a surface) · ms kamber (slight convexity of a surface) · pl wygięcie (slope of a curved road) · fi kaltevuus (slope of a curved road) · sv krökning (slope of a curved road) · cs sklon (slope of a curved road) · nl tonrondte (slight convexity of a surface) · it bolzone (nautical: small enclosed dock for mast timber) · de Sturz (alignment of wheels) · sv hjullutning (alignment of wheels) · de Radsturz (alignment of wheels) · fi pystykallistuma (alignment of wheels) · fi kaltevuus (slight convexity of a surface)