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camber
n.
5OFr cambre, dial. var. of chambre, bent < L camur, crooked, arched: for IE base see CAMERA6
1 a slight convex curve of a surface, as of a road, a ship‘s deck, or a beam
2 in automotive wheel alignment, a slight tilt given to each of a pair of wheels on an axle: positive camber indicates that the bottoms are closer together than the tops, and negative camber indicates the opposite situation: see TOE-IN
3 Aeron. the arching curve of an airfoil from the leading edge to the trailing edge
vt., vi.
5Fr cambrer6 to arch slightly; curve convexly
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