How to Use camber in a Sentence

camber

noun
  • The prelude was an off-camber cascade with a steep hairpin turn to the right.
    — Peter Rubin, Longreads, 10 Nov. 2022
  • With more camber, the ski is able to offer a better hold on hard snow and carve better.
    — Louis Mazzante, Popular Mechanics, 25 Nov. 2020
  • On your Honda, the front and rear toe-in and front camber are adjustable.
    — John Paul Senior Manager Public Affairs and Traffic Safety Aaa Northeast, Hartford Courant, 5 Feb. 2026
  • The ball joint at the top (007) allows the wheel camber to be changed with just a few bolts.
    — K.c. Colwell, Car and Driver, 3 Nov. 2017
  • The front-end ride height is adjustable, along with the camber geometry.
    — Terry Troy, cleveland.com, 22 July 2017
  • The profile—with both camber and rocker—stomped jibs and jumps, and our crew ranked it far and away the best freestyle deck of the season.
    — Drew Zieff, Outside Online, 30 Sep. 2016
  • Here’s how different camber and rocker profiles affect how a ski performs.
    — Louis Mazzante, Popular Mechanics, 25 Nov. 2020
  • The reverse of camber is called rocker and is geared more towards powder—due to its ability to float you over deep snow pockets.
    — Elijah Rawls, Men's Health, 16 Dec. 2022
  • The corners are built thoughtfully, with a camber favoring the biker.
    — Jason H. Harper, Robb Report, 14 Mar. 2021
  • Even with the adjustable camber plates kicked all the way in, the front wheels' eagerness to follow every crack in the road is largely removed.
    — David Beard, Car and Driver, 7 Oct. 2020
  • Thunder Hill is nearly five miles of off-camber corners, elevation changes and blind whoop-de-dos.
    — Tom Voelk, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2016
  • McConkey had bent the skis into a reverse camber shape, like a waterski.
    — Andrew Freeman, Outside Online, 21 May 2012
  • On the autobahn, Sport+ lowers the ride height and takes some camber off the wheels for better straight-line performance.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Unlike wings with flaps, a flexible wing can smoothly adjust its camber to minimize drag during flight.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 31 Aug. 2016
  • The low-slung car with 17-inch tires clung to the pavement and tenaciously held its line in long sweeping curves with off-camber patches of road.
    — Ann M. Job, The Seattle Times, 27 Apr. 2017
  • The suspension is redone, adding performance anti-roll bars and springs, as well as adjustable camber and caster plates.
    — Jack Fitzgerald, Car and Driver, 19 Jan. 2023
  • All that travel lets the X3 crawl over giant rocks and off-camber spots while still feeling completely planted.
    — Jakob Schiller, Outside Online, 2 Nov. 2020
  • The bearings eliminate deflections in rear toe-in and camber that can make a car feel squirrelly under hard braking.
    — Dan Neil, WSJ, 6 Oct. 2017
  • The 8-mm drop, foam midsole, and gentle reverse camber shape offers plenty of cushioning, and a nice smooth journey.
    — Chris Haslam, Wired News, 16 Oct. 2025
  • And a two-position, carbon-fiber anti-roll bar up front with a three-way iron bar in back and adjustable camber at both axles and tunable coil-over suspension.
    — Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver, 14 July 2021
  • The rocker works with the camber, the flex matches the sidecut, and the torsional strength delivers a crisp feel and good feedback in soft to medium-hard snow.
    — Marc Peruzzi, Outside Online, 9 Jan. 2022
  • The Warm ski has a higher camber to accommodate gooey Klister, a wax used in the warmest snow conditions.
    — Stephanie Pearson, Outside Online, 30 Aug. 2022
  • Movement created by off-camber obstacles won’t be adequately controlled, which could increase the odds of a rollover.
    — Wes Siler, Outside Online, 27 Jan. 2022
  • That setting presented a comfortable yet firm ride that minimized body roll and kept us planted on decreasing-radius and off-camber turns.
    — Laura Burstein, Robb Report, 15 Oct. 2021
  • New rear suspension uprights, ball joints, and wheel bearings increase wheel camber and toe stiffness, helping to better control the tires’ contact with the road.
    — Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver, 10 Feb. 2020
  • What a good alignment tech will do is add a bit more (still keeping within the specification) positive camber to the left front wheel to compensate for the crown in the road.
    — John Paul Senior Manager Public Affairs and Traffic Safety Aaa Northeast, Hartford Courant, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Suspension is also owner adjustable, with more negative camber available when aligning, as well as adjustable anti-roll bars.
    — Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 4 Oct. 2020
  • The wings show camber on the outer sections and appear capable of folding for carrier operations.
    — Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 21 Apr. 2026
  • In tighter and off-camber turns, the electronic limited-slip differential works well to put the power down, helping to keep the Kona tight to apexes.
    — Derek Powell, Car and Driver, 11 Aug. 2021
  • Fast sweepers and tight hairpins, inclines and declines, and one terrifying off-camber and downhill left (Turn 10).
    — Car and Driver, 30 Sep. 2017

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