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Originally appearing in Volume V05, Page 82 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CAMBER (derived through the Fr. from See also:Lat. See also:camera, vault)  , in See also:architecture, the upward curvature given to a See also:beam and provided for the depression or sagging, which it is liable to, before it has settled down to its See also:bearings . A " See also:camber See also:arch " is a slight rise given to the straight-arch to correct an apparent sinking in the centre (see ARCH) .

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