Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Bent upward in the middle; arched; convex.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Having camber.
  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of camber.

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Examples

  • Like the wings of a bird, they are 'cambered', that is to say, they curve upward from the leading edge and downward again to the trailing edge.

    The War in the Air; Vol. 1 The Part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force Walter Alexander Raleigh 1891

  • The wheelchairs used in the game are different from standard wheelchairs, with "cambered" (angled) wheels that help with turning and stability.

    Nashuatelegraph.com: Breaking News | Web Feeds 2010

  • Attach a wide or cambered bar to the top pulley of a pulldown machine and sit down, adjusting the knee pad to fit snugly against your legs.

    Body by Design Kris Gethin 2011

  • The previous road, in both cases, had been a simple cambered surface with U-shaped ditches either side.

    Letters: Native culture of pre-Roman Britain 2011

  • Attach a wide or cambered bar to the top pulley of a pulldown machine and sit down, adjusting the knee pad to fit snugly against your legs.

    Body by Design Kris Gethin 2011

  • If you've mastered traditional cambered boards, strapping into the Storm-R will force you to get all Yoda and

    Wired Top Stories 2009

  • If you've mastered traditional cambered boards, strapping into the Storm-R will force you to get all Yoda and

    Wired Top Stories 2009

  • The Bosch Kurve, a perfectly cambered downhill right-hander, was an awesome example of the challenge.

    Chequered Conflict Maurice Hamilton 2008

  • Like the sportsmen whose processes it describes and admires, Remainder "fill [s] time up with space," by breaking physical movements, for example, into their component parts, slowing them down; or by examining the layers and textures of a wet, cambered road in Brixton as a series of physical events, rather than emotional symbols.

    Two Paths for the Novel Smith, Zadie 2008

  • You could play me in tennis or if you insist, just send the $2,000 so I can get a cambered tennis wheelchair, whichever.

    Archive 2007-07-01 Elizabeth McClung 2007

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