Camber may refer to a variety of curvatures and angles:
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Camber angle
Camber angle is one of the angles made by the wheels of a vehicle; specifically, it is the angle between the vertical axis of a wheel and the vertical axis of the vehicle when viewed from the front or rear. It is used in the design of steering an ...
, the angle made by the wheels of a vehicle
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Camber beam
In building, a camber beam is a piece of timber cut archwise, and steel bent or rolled, with an obtuse angle in the middle, commonly used in platforms as church leads, and other occasions where long and strong beams are required. The camber cur ...
, an upward curvature of a joist to compensate for load deflection due in buildings
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Camber thrust
Camber thrust and camber force are terms used to describe the force generated perpendicular to the direction of travel of a rolling tire due to its camber angle and finite contact patch. Camber thrust is generated when a point on the outer surfac ...
in bike technology
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Camber (aerodynamics)
In aeronautics and aeronautical engineering, camber is the asymmetry between the two acting surfaces of an airfoil, with the top surface of a wing (or correspondingly the front surface of a propeller blade) commonly being more convex (positive ca ...
, the asymmetry between the top and bottom curves of an aerofoil
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Camber (ship), a measure of transversal deck curvature in naval architecture
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Cant (road/rail)
The cant of a railway track or camber of a road (also referred to as superelevation, cross slope or cross fall) is the rate of change in elevation (height) between the two rails or edges. This is normally greater where the railway or road is curv ...
, the convex curvature of a road surface in road construction
* The curvature of a
bow used to play certain string instruments, or the curvature of the fingerboard
Camber may also refer to:
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Camber (band), an emo band from New York
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Camber (legendary king), legendary king of Cambria, Wales
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Camber Corporation, a defense contractor in Huntsville, Alabama
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Camber, East Sussex
Camber is a village and civil parish in the Rother district of East Sussex, England, south-east of Rye. The village is located behind the sand dunes that occupy the estuary of the River Rother, where the seaside settlement of Camber Sands is ...
, a seaside village including
Camber Sands
Camber Sands is a beach in East Sussex, UK, in the village of Camber, near Rye. It is the only sand dune system in East Sussex, and is east of the estuary of the River Rother at Rye Bay stretching to just beyond the Kent border, where shingl ...
beach in England
* Camber, the former name of
Mihai Bravu, Tulcea, Romania
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Camber of Culdi, a prominent character in the fictional series of Deryni novels
* NATO reporting name for the
Ilyushin Il-86
The Ilyushin Il-86 (russian: Илью́шин Ил-86; NATO reporting name: Camber) is a short- to medium- range wide-body jet airliner that served as the USSR's first wide-bodied aircraft. Designed and tested by the Ilyushin design bureau ...
airliner
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Cambering (geology)
Cambering is a phenomenon typically seen at a valley crest or plateau margin whereby blocks of competent strata such as sandstone stretch, tilt or rotate with respect to underlying incompetent rock layers such as clay or mudstone. It results from ...
, the downslope movement of competent strata into a valley
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