CAMBER ARCH • FREE-TRANSLATOR.COM • Definition of Camber arch

/kˈæmbər ɑrtʃ/ Listen

noun

Camber n.

(Shipbuilding) An upward convexity of a deck or other surface; as, she has a high camber (said of a vessel having an unusual convexity of deck).

(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.

Camber arch (Arch.), an arch whose intrados, though apparently straight, has a slightly concave curve upward.

Camber beam (Arch.), a beam whose under side has a concave curve upward.

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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