camber vs lean

camber

noun
  • The curvature of an airfoil. 

  • 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. 

  • 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. 

lean

noun
  • An inclination away from the vertical. 

  • An organism that is lean in stature. 

  • Meat with no fat on it. 

  • A recreational drug based on codeine-laced promethazine cough syrup, especially popular in the hip hop community in the southeastern United States. 

adj
  • Having little fat. 

  • Having little extra or little to spare; scanty; meagre. 

  • Having a low proportion or concentration of a desired substance or ingredient. 

  • Slim; not fleshy. 

  • Efficient, economic, frugal, agile, slimmed-down; pertaining to the modern industrial principles of "lean manufacturing". 

verb
  • To incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating. 

  • To hang outwards. 

  • To conceal. 

  • Followed by against, on, or upon: to rest or rely, for support, comfort, etc. 

  • To press against. 

  • To thin out (a fuel-air mixture): to reduce the fuel flow into the mixture so that there is more air or oxygen. 

  • To incline in opinion or desire; to conform in conduct; often with to, toward, etc. 

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