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The Word of the Day for February 9, 2010, is

camber

Definitions

noun, a slightly arched surface, as of a road, a ship's deck, an airfoil, or a snow ski.

Notes

From Middle English caumber, curved, from Old North French dialectal caumbre, from Latin camur, perhaps from Greek kamara, vault.

Examples

“Right on the crown of the camber was a single boot.”
“Reverse camber, as the name implies, forces the board to bend in the other direction.”

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