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Camber   /kˈæmbər/   Listen
Camber

verb
(past & past part. cambered; pres. part. cambering)
1.
Curve upward in the middle.



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"Camber" Quotes from Famous Books



... way you talk one would think you were drawing L400 a year at Westminster, and working up a reputation as an Aeronautical Expert. I must have some depth and chord to take my Spars and Ribs, and again, I must have a certain chord to make it possible for my Camber (that's curvature) to be just right for the Angle of Incidence. If that's not right the air won't get a nice uniform compression and downward acceleration from my underside, and the rarefied 'suction' area over the top of me will not be as even and clean in effect as it might be. That ...
— The Aeroplane Speaks - Fifth Edition • H. Barber



Words linked to "Camber" :   arc, side, arch, cant, camber arch, convexity, incline, curve, convex shape, bank, alignment, slope



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