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{{also|Camber}}
==English==
==English==
{{was wotd|2009|January|8}}
{{was wotd|2009|January|8}}


===Alternative forms===
===Alternative forms===
* {{l|en|cambre}} {{qualifier|chiefly obsolete}}
* {{alt|en|cambre||chiefly obsolete}}


===Etymology===
===Etymology===
From {{etyl|fro|en}} {{m|fro|cambre||bent}}, from {{etyl|la|en}} {{m|la|camurum}}, from {{m|la|camur||arched}}.
From {{uder|en|fro|cambre||bent}}, from {{uder|en|la|camurum}}, from {{m|la|camur||arched}}.


===Pronunciation===
===Pronunciation===
* {{a|UK}} {{IPA|en|/ˈkæm.bə/}}
* {{IPA|en|/ˈkæm.bə/|a=UK}}
* {{a|GA}} {{IPA|en|/ˈkæm.bɚ/}}
* {{IPA|en|/ˈkæm.bɚ/|a=GA}}
* {{audio|en|en-us-camber.ogg|Audio (US)}}
* {{audio|en|en-us-camber.ogg|a=US}}
* {{audio|en|en-au-camber.ogg|Audio (AU)}}
* {{audio|en|en-au-camber.ogg|a=AU}}


===Noun===
===Noun===
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# A slight [[convexity]], [[arching]] or [[curvature]] of a [[surface]] of a [[road]], [[beam]], [[roof]], [[ship]]'s [[deck]] etc., so that [[liquid]]s will flow off the sides.
# A slight [[convexity]], [[arching]] or [[curvature]] of a [[surface]] of a [[road]], [[beam]], [[roof]], [[ship]]'s [[deck]] etc., so that [[liquid]]s will flow off the sides.
#* {{RQ:Hollinghurst Line|chapter=1|passage=From end to end, just behind the houses, ran the broad gravel walk, with its emphatic '''camber''' and its metal-edged gutters where a child's ball would come to rest and the first few plane leaves, dusty but still green, were already falling, since the summer had been so hot and rainless all through.}}
#* {{RQ:Hollinghurst Line|chapter=1|passage=From end to end, just behind the houses, ran the broad gravel walk, with its emphatic '''camber''' and its metal-edged gutters where a child's ball would come to rest and the first few plane leaves, dusty but still green, were already falling, since the summer had been so hot and rainless all through.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2022| title=The Heretic|author=Liam McIlvanney| page=443| passage=The track was stony with a grassy '''camber''' up the middle.}}
# The [[slope]] of a curved road created to [[minimize]] the effect of [[centrifugal force]].
# The [[slope]] of a curved road created to [[minimize]] the effect of [[centrifugal force]].
#: {{syn|en|crossfall}}
#* {{quote-book
#* {{quote-book
|en
|en
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|passage= Again we were stricken of our palsy, slowed down, re-accelerated, and there, at last, were the few huts of a hamlet, with the lorry, lying at an angle in the road's '''camber''', outside a tea-shop.}}
|passage= Again we were stricken of our palsy, slowed down, re-accelerated, and there, at last, were the few huts of a hamlet, with the lorry, lying at an angle in the road's '''camber''', outside a tea-shop.}}
#* {{quote-book|1=en|year=2000|author=Bob Foster|title=Birdum or Bust!|publisher=Seaview Press|location=Henley Beach, SA|page=173|text=Even a small '''camber''' one way caused the whole outfit to list alarmingly.}}
# {{lb|en|architecture}} An upward [[concavity]] in the underside of a beam, girder, or lintel; also, a slight upward concavity in a straight arch.
# {{lb|en|architecture}} An upward [[concavity]] in the underside of a beam, girder, or lintel; also, a slight upward concavity in a straight arch.
# {{lb|en|automotive}} The [[alignment]] on the roll axis of the [[wheel]]s of a road [[vehicle]], where positive camber signifies that the wheels are closer together at the bottom than the top.
# {{lb|en|automotive}} The [[alignment]] on the roll axis of the [[wheel]]s of a road [[vehicle]], where positive camber signifies that the wheels are closer together at the bottom than the top.
# {{lb|en|aviation}} The curvature of an [[airfoil]].
# {{lb|en|aviation}} The curvature of an [[airfoil]].
# {{lb|en|nautical}} A small [[enclosed]] [[dock]] in which [[timber]] for [[mast]]s (etc.) is kept to [[weather]].
# {{lb|en|nautical}} A small [[enclosed]] [[dock]] in which [[timber]] for [[mast]]s (etc.) is kept to [[weather]].

====Derived terms====
{{der2|en|camber angle|camber arch|camber beam|camber-keeled}}


====Translations====
====Translations====
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* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|изпъкналост|f}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|изпъкналост|f}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|sklon|m}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|sklon|m}}
* Dutch: {{t|nl|tonrondte|f}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|tonrondte|f}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|kaltevuus}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|kaltevuus}}
* Malay: {{t|ms|kamber}}
{{trans-mid}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|вы́пуклость}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|wypukłość|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|вы́пуклость|f}}
* Spanish: {{t|es|combadura|f}}
* Spanish: {{t|es|combadura|f}}
{{trans-bottom}}
{{trans-bottom}}
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* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|вираж|m}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|вираж|m}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|sklon|m}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|sklon|m}}
{{trans-mid}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|kaltevuus}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|kaltevuus}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|peralte}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|wygięcie|n}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|peralte|f}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|krökning|c}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|krökning|c}}
{{trans-bottom}}
{{trans-bottom}}
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{{trans-top|alignment of wheels}}
{{trans-top|alignment of wheels}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|sivukallistuma}}, {{t|fi|pystykallistuma}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|sivukallistuma}}, {{t|fi|pystykallistuma}}
* German: {{t|de|Radsturz|m}}, {{t+|de|Sturz|m}}
* French: {{t+|fr|carrossage|m}}
* German: {{t+|de|Radsturz|m}}, {{t+|de|Sturz|m}}
{{trans-mid}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|inclinación|f}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|inclinación|f}}
* Swedish: {{t|sv|hjullutning|c}}
* Swedish: {{t|sv|hjullutning|c}}
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{{trans-top|curvature of an airfoil}}
{{trans-top|curvature of an airfoil}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|kaarevuus}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|kaarevuus}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|kamber}}
{{trans-mid}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|rundning|c}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|rundning|c}}
{{trans-bottom}}
{{trans-bottom}}
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{{trans-top|nautical: small enclosed dock for mast timber}}
{{trans-top|nautical: small enclosed dock for mast timber}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|bolzone|m}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|bolzone|m}}
{{trans-mid}}
{{trans-bottom}}
{{trans-bottom}}


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{{en-verb}}
{{en-verb}}


# To curve upwards in the middle.
# To [[curve]] [[upwards]] in the [[middle]].
# To adjust the '''camber''' of the wheels of a vehicle.
# To [[adjust]] the [[#Noun|camber]] of the [[wheel]]s of a [[vehicle]].
#: ''Because he '''cambered''' the tires too much, he had less control on the turns.''
#: {{ux|en|Because he '''cambered''' the tires too much, he had less control on the turns.}}

====Derived terms====
{{col-auto|en|recamber}}


====Translations====
====Translations====
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* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|издувам се}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|издувам се}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|kaareutua}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|kaareutua}}
{{trans-mid}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|combar}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|combar}}
{{trans-bottom}}
{{trans-bottom}}
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{{trans-top|to adjust the camber of the wheels}}
{{trans-top|to adjust the camber of the wheels}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|kallistaa}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|kallistaa}}
{{trans-mid}}
{{trans-bottom}}
{{trans-bottom}}


Latest revision as of 17:16, 9 June 2024

See also: Camber

Englisch

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WOTD – 8 January 2009

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Etymology

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From Old French cambre (“bent”), from Latin camurum, from camur (“arched”).

Pronunciation

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Nomen

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camber (uncountable)

  1. A slight convexity, arching oder curvature of a surface of a road, beam, roof, ship's deck etc., so that liquids will flow off the sides.
    • 2004, Alan Hollinghurst, chapter 1, in The Line of Beauty […], 1st US edition, New York, N.Y.: Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN:
      From end to end, just behind the houses, ran the broad gravel walk, with its emphatic camber and its metal-edged gutters where a child's ball would come to rest and the first few plane leaves, dusty but still green, were already falling, since the summer had been so hot and rainless all through.
    • 2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 443:
      The track was stony with a grassy camber up the middle.
  2. The slope of a curved road created to minimize the effect of centrifugal force.
    Synonym: crossfall
    • 1952, Norman Lewis, Golden Earth:
      Again we were stricken of our palsy, slowed down, re-accelerated, and there, at last, were the few huts of a hamlet, with the lorry, lying at an angle in the road's camber, outside a tea-shop.
    • 2000, Bob Foster, Birdum or Bust!, Henley Beach, SA: Seaview Press, page 173:
      Even a small camber one way caused the whole outfit to list alarmingly.
  3. (architecture) An upward concavity in the underside of a beam, girder, or lintel; also, a slight upward concavity in a straight arch.
  4. (automotive) The alignment on the roll axis of the wheels of a road vehicle, where positive camber signifies that the wheels are closer together at the bottom than the top.
  5. (aviation) The curvature of an airfoil.
  6. (nautical) A small enclosed dock in which timber for masts (etc.) is kept to weather.

Derived terms

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Verb

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camber (third-person singular simple present cambers, present participle cambering, simple past and past participle cambered)

  1. To curve upwards in the middle.
  2. To adjust the camber of the wheels of a vehicle.
    Because he cambered the tires too much, he had less control on the turns.

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