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camber
The curvature of a wing as viewed by cross section. A wing has upper camber on its top surface and lower camber on its bottom surface. The upper camber is more pronounced; the lower camber is comparatively flat. This causes the velocity of the airflow immediately above the wing to be much higher than that below the wing.
- Part of Speech: noun
- Industry/Domain: Aviation
- Category: Aircraft maintenance
- Company: FAA
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