Definitions for cambers

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cambers cam·ber

Spelling: [kam-ber]

IPA: /ˈkæm bər/

Cambers is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 299 anagrams from letters in cambers (abcemrs).

Definitions for cambers

noun

1. a slight arching, upward curve, or convexity, as of the deck of a ship.
2. a slightly arching piece of timber.
3. Aeronautics. the rise of the curve of an airfoil, usually expressed as the ratio of the rise to the length of the chord of the airfoil.
4. Automotive. the outward or inward tilt of a wheel, called positive when the top tilts outward and negative when it tilts inward, measured as the angle, in degrees, between the vertical and a plane through the circumference of the tire.

verb (used with or without object)

1. to arch slightly; bend or curve upward in the middle.

Origin of cambers

1610-20; Middle French (north) cambre bent Latin camur hooked, curved

Examples for cambers

No man newly come from so bloody a deed could have acted as camber acted now.

The camber of the surface is designed for this angle of incidence and velocity.

I wonder if you fully realize the danger of your position, Mr. camber?

That is why we are here, Mr. camber, and that is why the police will be here at any moment.

It, appears to me that the case against camber is finally and fatally complete.

They have not as great a curve 107 or camber as most biplanes, which increases their speed.

camber seemed to be quite composed, although his face was unusually pale.

He really feared for his life, since he knew that camber had discovered the intrigue.

The practice is to give these girder boxes a camber of ½-in.

He is wading hopelessly, Knox, but even he cannot fail to learn about camber to-morrow.