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Curve vs Camber - What's the difference?

curve | camber |

As nouns the difference between curve and camber

is that curve is a gentle bend, such as in a road while camber is a slight convexity, arching or curvature of a surface of a road, a beam, roof deck, ship's deck etc., so that liquids will flow off the sides.

As verbs the difference between curve and camber

is that curve is to bend; to crook while camber is to curve upwards in the middle.

As an adjective curve

is bent without angles; crooked; curved.

curve

English

Adjective

  • (obsolete) Bent without angles; crooked; curved.
    • a curve line
    a curve surface

    Noun

    (wikipedia curve) (en noun)
  • A gentle bend, such as in a road.
    • You should slow down when approaching a curve .
  • A simple figure containing no straight portions and no angles; a curved line.
    • She scribbled a curve on the paper.
  • 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.
    • The teacher was nice and graded the test on a curve
  • (analytic geometry) A continuous map from a one-dimensional space to a multidimensional space.
  • (geometry) A one-dimensional figure of non-zero length; the graph of a continuous map from a one-dimensional space.
  • (algebraic geometry) An algebraic curve; a polynomial relation of the planar coordinates.
  • (topology) A one-dimensional continuum.
  • (informal, usually in plural) The attractive shape of a woman's body.

    • Derived terms

    * algebraic curve * * closed curve * cosine curve * curvaceous * curvy * dragon curve * elliptic curve * learning curve * Lissajous curve * Jordan curve * multicurve * nonsimple curve * open curve * pedal curve * plane curve * pursuit curve * simple curve * sine curve * space curve * spherical curve

    Verb

    (curv)
  • To bend; to crook.
    • to curve a line
    to curve a pipe
  • To cause to swerve from a straight course.
    • to curve a ball in pitching it
  • To bend or turn gradually from a given direction.
    • the road curves to the right
  • To grade on a curve (bell curve of a normal distribution).
    • The teacher will curve the test.

    camber

    English

    Alternative forms

    * cambre (chiefly obsolete)

    Noun

    (-)
  • A slight convexity, arching or curvature of a surface of a road, a beam, roof deck, ship's deck etc., so that liquids will flow off the sides.
  • The slope of a curved road created to minimize the effect of centrifugal force.
  • (architecture) An upward concavity in the underside of a beam, girder, or lintel; also, a slight upward concavity in a straight arch.
  • (automotive) A vertical alignment of the wheels of a road vehicle with positive camber signifying that the wheels are closer together at the bottom than at the top.
  • The curvature of an airfoil.
  • (nautical) A small enclosed dock in which timber for masts (etc.) is kept to weather.

    • Verb

  • To curve upwards in the middle.
  • To adjust the camber of the wheels of a vehicle.
    • Because he cambered the tires too much, he had less control on the turns.