camber

5 definitions found

camber - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Camber \Cam"ber\, n. [Of. cambre bent, curved; akin to F.
     cambrer to vault, to bend, fr. L. camerare to arch over, fr.
     camera vault, arch. See Chamber, and cf. Camerate.]
     1. (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).
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     2. (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.
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     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.
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  Camber \Cam"ber\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cambered; p. pr. & vb.
     n. Cambering.]
     To cut bend to an upward curve; to construct, as a deck, with
     an upward curve.
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  Camber \Cam"ber\, v. i.
     To curve upward.
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camber - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  camber
      n 1: a slight convexity (as of the surface of a road)
      2: 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 [syn: bank, cant, camber]
      3: the alignment of the wheels of a motor vehicle closer
         together at the bottom than at the top
      v 1: curve upward in the middle

camber - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  38 Moby Thesaurus words for "camber":
     amplitude, apse, arcade, arcature, arch, arched roof, archway,
     bellying, bulging, ceilinged roof, concameration, concha,
     convexedness, convexity, convexness, cove, cupola, dome,
     excurvation, excurvature, flight path, geodesic dome, gibbosity,
     gibbousness, igloo, keystone, ogive, skewback, skin effect,
     skin friction, slip, span, stagger, tuberosity, tuberousness,
     vault, vaulting, voussoir