camber
Example Sentences
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“You’re more likely to be blocked out by those trees on the left just because of the camber of the fairway. Then there’s no decision to be made there. You can’t go for the green.”
From Seattle Times
Who knows whether they want twin tips or a more cambered ski if they’ve never even ridden a chairlift?
From Washington Post
Back on 6, Kupcho sends a sensational second pin high to six feet, using the camber of the green to gather the ball right to left and towards the hole.
From The Guardian
Third, he takes advantage of his fortune by sending his second from 150 yards onto the top tier of the green, using the camber to gather his ball right and down towards the cup!
From The Guardian
But taken by itself, the principle of action and reaction also fails to explain the lower pressure atop the wing, which exists in that region irrespective of whether the airfoil is cambered.
From Scientific American
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