Camber
noun
The curved part of a road or other flat surface.
They designed the road with a slight downward camber.
Often appears as...
- road camber
- positive camber
verb
To curve something upward.
They cambered the wings of the airplane for better lift.
Often appears as...
- cambered surfaces
- camber a wing
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A slightly convex style of construction.
The camber of that roof is beautiful.
Often appears as...
- roof camber
- beam camber
Usage tips
Technical
noun
The curved part of a road or other flat surface.
They designed the road with a slight downward camber.
Often appears as...
- road camber
- positive camber
verb
To curve something upward.
They cambered the wings of the airplane for better lift.
Often appears as...
- cambered surfaces
- camber a wing
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A slightly convex style of construction.
The camber of that roof is beautiful.
Often appears as...
- roof camber
- beam camber
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Road Safety
Camber in roads helps drain water, improving vehicle grip during rain.
The camber on this road helps prevent hydroplaning in wet conditions.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Visible
Road camber might be subtle and not immediately obvious, but it's crucial for safety.
Despite its gentle slope, the camber of the road significantly reduces skidding.
Pro Tip 3/3Sport Performance
In sports, road camber can affect how racers approach turns, requiring strategy.
The racecar driver had to adjust for the road's camber in the tight corner.
Pro Tip 1/3Road Safety
Camber in roads helps drain water, improving vehicle grip during rain.
The camber on this road helps prevent hydroplaning in wet conditions.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Visible
Road camber might be subtle and not immediately obvious, but it's crucial for safety.
Despite its gentle slope, the camber of the road significantly reduces skidding.
Pro Tip 3/3Sport Performance
In sports, road camber can affect how racers approach turns, requiring strategy.
The racecar driver had to adjust for the road's camber in the tight corner.
Pro Tip 1/3Road Safety
Camber in roads helps drain water, improving vehicle grip during rain.
The camber on this road helps prevent hydroplaning in wet conditions.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Visible
Road camber might be subtle and not immediately obvious, but it's crucial for safety.
Despite its gentle slope, the camber of the road significantly reduces skidding.
Pro Tip 3/3Sport Performance
In sports, road camber can affect how racers approach turns, requiring strategy.
The racecar driver had to adjust for the road's camber in the tight corner.
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Sometimes it's good to...
you'll have to unstick yourself right so these have been calibrated to your level of expertise because we want this to be difficult and tell you why momentarily now here's how the example any one's much more difficult yeah Wow okay so yeah so this is again difficult you'll say camber then you have to go make her and all that and then you can unstuck
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National Geographic...
big male spirit bear and if you see him he's wonderful he's gentle and he'll give you all your pictures and so I sat there for a month along the edge of this river and one day I'm walking back to the boat sort of you know my head held down low and camber gears all wet and kind of kind of bumming out and kind of
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David Attenborough Meets...
sometimes trained sees camber up palm trees and gather coconuts to their masters these Balinese ones however seem to regard things the other way around
Video examples
Sometimes it's good to...
you'll have to unstick yourself right so these have been calibrated to your level of expertise because we want this to be difficult and tell you why momentarily now here's how the example any one's much more difficult yeah Wow okay so yeah so this is again difficult you'll say camber then you have to go make her and all that and then you can unstuck
Video examples
National Geographic...
big male spirit bear and if you see him he's wonderful he's gentle and he'll give you all your pictures and so I sat there for a month along the edge of this river and one day I'm walking back to the boat sort of you know my head held down low and camber gears all wet and kind of kind of bumming out and kind of
Video examples
David Attenborough Meets...
sometimes trained sees camber up palm trees and gather coconuts to their masters these Balinese ones however seem to regard things the other way around
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