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Camber   /kˈæmbər/   Listen
Camber

verb
(past & past part. cambered; pres. part. cambering)
1.
Curve upward in the middle.



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"Camber" Quotes from Famous Books



... the Surface. "The way you talk one would think you were drawing L400 a year at Westminster, and working up a reputation as an Aeronautical Expert. I must have some depth and chord to take my Spars and Ribs, and again, I must have a certain chord to make it possible for my Camber (that's curvature) to be just right for the Angle of Incidence. If that's not right the air won't get a nice uniform compression and downward acceleration from my underside, and the rarefied 'suction' area over ...
— The Aeroplane Speaks - Fifth Edition • H. Barber

... CAMBER. The part of a dockyard where cambering is performed, and timber kept. Also, a small dock in the royal yards, for the convenience of loading and discharging timber. Also, anything that curves ...
— The Sailor's Word-Book • William Henry Smyth



Words linked to "Camber" :   arc, incline, arch, curve, alignment, slope, convexity, side, convex shape, cant, bank



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