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Example sentences for "camber"

Lexicographically close words:
camail; camarade; camaraderie; camarilla; camas; cambered; cambium; camblet; cambric; cambrick
  1. The practice is to give these girder boxes a camber of ½-in.

  2. It is well also to give the girder molds a camber or to crown them to allow for settling of the falsework.

  3. It will be noted that the form is given a camber of 1-in.

  4. The propeller is the next thing to make, while the glue on the backbone is drying, and the camber of the plane is setting.

  5. They have not as great a curve or camber as most biplanes, which increases their speed.

  6. He pointed out that an advantage might be gained in lifting effect if the main curve or camber was situated near the front edge of the plane, and not in the centre (Fig.

  7. King Edward had been lying all day in his great ship the Philippa, a mile out from the Camber Sands, waiting for the coming of the Spaniards.

  8. Behind was the lowland of the Camber marshes, with the bluffs of Rye and Winchelsea, and the line of cliffs behind them.

  9. Although abandoned for so many years Camber is an excellent example of the kind of blockhouse which was erected by Henry VIII, retaining most of the features unaltered by rebuilding.

  10. The plan was curiously symmetrical, and not unlike that of Camber Castle, built in the time of Henry VIII, but the elevations of the two fortresses display great differences.

  11. Beyond the castles opposite the Downs there was one, namely Camber Castle, situated a short distance south-east of Rye, Sussex, which belongs to the same period and was built for the same purpose as the others.

  12. In suspension bridges, for the sake of strengthening the structure, the camber far exceeds this ratio.

  13. Between them are three miles of flat meadow, where, among thousands of sheep, stands the grey rotundity of Camber Castle.

  14. From hence we go toward the Camber (omitting peraduenture here and there sundrie small creeks void of backwater by the waie) [Sidenote: Rother.

  15. From hence we go toward the Camber (omitting peraduenture here and there sundrie small creeks void of backwater by [Sidenote: Rother.

  16. A "camber arch" is a slight rise given to the straight-arch to correct an apparent sinking in the centre (see ARCH).

  17. You will wait there, say by the Camber cross-roads, while I get my car out.

  18. The sides were bevelled, and heavy stones were placed amidships to give a slight fore-and-aft camber to the bottom.

  19. There was enough fore-and-aft camber in the flat bottom so that, if the boat was not carrying much weight, the heel of her straight and upright stem was an inch or two above the water.

  20. She thought of Camber Sands and the darkness falling over the waste, and, in spite of her self-control and her pity for him, there was an unconquerable feeling of injury in her heart.

  21. Then they had tea in the house below the club-house on the left-hand side of the road as you go towards Camber Sands.

  22. And she thought of Camber Sands and the twilight, and saw Craven seeking for Beryl's hand--footman and housemaid.

  23. And if those two bovine sentimentalists had not intruded flat-footed upon the great waste of Camber and the romance of the coming night, and Craven had yielded to his impulse and had kissed her, she might have clung to him in very truth.

  24. The thought of Camber persisted, and now persecuted her.

  25. At that moment a remembrance of Craven and Camber flashed through her mind.

  26. Anyhow, we spent the whole day out playing golf together, and in the evening, when twilight was coming on, we drove to Camber Sands.

  27. And she tried to put the thought of Camber out of her mind.

  28. The Wright Biplane (Camber of Planes) Now that the internal-combustion engine had arrived, the Wrights at once commenced the construction of an aeroplane which could be driven by mechanical power.

  29. It naturally follows that when the camber is very pronounced the machine will fly much slower, but will bear a greater weight than a machine equipped with planes having little or no camber.

  30. In 1912, a special biplane generally of Farman type but with more camber to the planes, was built.

  31. Special features of the biplanes, maximum camber to lower plane.

  32. I must have some depth and chord to take my Spars and Ribs, and again, I must have a certain chord to make it possible for my Camber (that's curvature) to be just right for the Angle of Incidence.

  33. A comparatively small camber follows as a result of the small angle of incidence.

  34. Rib, False--A subsidiary rib, usually used to improve the camber of the front part of the surface.

  35. That, in itself, limits the aspect ratio, for it will necessitate a chord long enough in proportion to the thickness to make a good camber possible.

  36. That, in the example given, will spoil the camber (curvature) of the surface, and result in changing both the lift and the drift at that part of the surface.

  37. The practical application of all this is in taking the greatest care to prevent the surface from becoming distorted and thus spoiling the camber and consequently the lift-drift ratio.

  38. And the Camber was such that, as far as it was concerned, the Lift-Drift Ratio should be the best possible for that Angle of Incidence.

  39. The camber of the surface is designed for this angle of incidence and velocity.

  40. The camber varies with the angle of incidence, the velocity, and the thickness of the surface.

  41. Greater velocity would be secured if the surface, angle, and camber were smaller and designed to just maintain horizontal flight with a horizontal thrust.

  42. Since such an aeroplane would be of low velocity, and therefore possess a large angle of incidence, a large camber would be necessary.

  43. From the Ypres Tower of Rye or the Gun Garden below it, you look only across the level and empty Marsh which sinks beyond Camber Castle imperceptibly into the greyness and barrenness of the sea.

  44. Then one sunny afternoon I went out by the road past Camber Castle across Rye Foreign for Winchelsea on its hill some two miles from Rye to the west.

  45. Sir John and Geraldus are foully done to death, and Camber Dane is despoiled--and the Troilus and I are hiding for our lives, like hares in a thicket.

  46. The peculiar form of wing used, the camber of which varied from the root to the tip, gave rise however, to a certain loss in efficiency, and there was also a difficulty in the pilot assuming adequate control when desired.

  47. Generally speaking, the greater the velocity, the less the camber and angle of incidence.

  48. Rib, False=--A subsidiary rib, usually used to improve the camber of the front part of the surface.

  49. Not only that, but, provided the chord is not decreased to an extent making it impossible to secure the best camber owing to the thickness of the surface, the higher the aspect ratio, the better the lift-drift ratio.

  50. If some part of the surface is distorted, then its camber is spoiled, and the lift will not be the same on both sides of the aeroplane, and that, of course, will cause it to fly one wing down.

  51. A table of Cambers for different spans will be found further on, as also a table of multipliers, by which to multiply the camber in order to find the elongation of the upper chord.

  52. To the turbid intelligence of Inspector Aylesbury the fact by this time had penetrated that Colin Camber was innocent, that he was the victim of a frame-up, and that Colonel Juan Menendez had been shot from a window of his own house.

  53. Mrs. Camber having seated herself upon one of the few chairs which was not piled with books, her husband had resumed his place by the writing desk, and I sought in vain to interpret the glances which passed between them.

  54. Do you mean that Mr. Camber comes here every day and is always fetched by the Chinaman?

  55. Upon proving that Colin Camber did not do the murder.

  56. On the contrary, therefore Camber is innocent!

  57. But whereas Camber has resided here for three years, the Colonel is a newcomer.

  58. For instance, do you seriously suppose that Mr. Camber had been waiting up here night after night on the off-chance that Colonel Menendez would appear in the grounds of Cray's Folly?

  59. I noted that although it was Camber who had summoned him, it was to Mrs. Camber that the Chinaman turned for orders.

  60. The enmity between Camber and Menendez is understandable at last.

  61. Now, as Mr. Colin Camber had thus spoken in the serious manner of a slightly drunken man, I had formed the opinion that I stood in the presence of a very singular character.

  62. I am determined to interview Camber before submitting to further official interrogation.

  63. She moved to where Colin Camber was sitting, looking down at him questioningly, pitifully.

  64. As to the best form of camber (for full sized machine) possibly more is known on this point than on any other in the whole of aeronautics.

  65. The longitudinal curve on the camber can be regulated by the original tension given to it, and by the manner of its fixing to the main framework.


  66. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "camber" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    amplitude; apse; arcade; arch; archway; camber; cove; cupola; dome; igloo; keystone; slant; slip; slope; span; stagger; tuberosity; vault; vaulting