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camber

('k/&/mb/@/r )

a slight convexity (as of the surface of a road)(noun.shape)

source: wordnet30
a slope in the turn of a road or track; the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force(noun.object)

Synonym:
bank, cant

source: wordnet30
the alignment of the wheels of a motor vehicle closer together at the bottom than at the top(noun.act)

source: wordnet30
An upward convexity of a deck or other surface; as, she has a high camber (said of a vessel having an unusual convexity of deck).(noun)

source: webster1913

curve upward in the middle(verb.motion)

source: wordnet30
To cut bend to an upward curve; to construct, as a deck, with an upward curve.(verb)

source: webster1913
To curve upward.(verb)

source: webster1913

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