camber vs curve

camber

noun
  • The slope of a curved road created to minimize the effect of centrifugal force. 

  • An upward concavity in the underside of a beam, girder, or lintel; also, a slight upward concavity in a straight arch. 

  • The alignment on the roll axis of the wheels of a road vehicle, where positive camber signifies that the wheels are closer together at the bottom than the top. 

  • The curvature of an airfoil. 

  • A small enclosed dock in which timber for masts (etc.) is kept to weather. 

  • A slight convexity, arching or curvature of a surface of a road, beam, roof, ship's deck etc., so that liquids will flow off the sides. 

verb
  • To curve upwards in the middle. 

  • To adjust the camber of the wheels of a vehicle. 

curve

noun
  • A gentle bend, such as in a road. 

  • A grading system based on the scale of performance of a group used to normalize a right-skewed grade distribution (with more lower scores) into a bell curve, so that more can receive higher grades, regardless of their actual knowledge of the subject. 

  • An algebraic curve; a polynomial relation of the planar coordinates. 

  • A one-dimensional figure of non-zero length; the graph of a continuous map from a one-dimensional space. 

  • A one-dimensional continuum. 

  • A simple figure containing no straight portions and no angles; a curved line. 

  • The attractive shape of a woman's body. 

  • A continuous map from a one-dimensional space to a multidimensional space. 

verb
  • To bend; to crook. 

  • To grade on a curve (bell curve of a normal distribution). 

  • (slang) To reject, to turn down romantic advances. 

  • To bend or turn gradually from a given direction. 

  • To cause to swerve from a straight course. 

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