air chamber


noun
  1. a chamber containing air, as in a pump, lifeboat, or organic body.

  2. Also called air cushion. a compartment of a hydraulic system containing air that by its elasticity equalizes the pressure and flow of liquid within the system.

Origin of air chamber

1
First recorded in 1840–50

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How to use air chamber in a sentence

  • The air chamber surrounds the metering valve, and there is a mixing chamber above.

    Aviation Engines | Victor Wilfred Pag
  • If the contents appear cloudy and the air chamber larger, the egg is not fresh.

  • If this pump is properly connected with an air chamber, as explained later, it will send a small stream of water some ten feet.

  • Then, with a rather clumsy and yet eloquent gesture, he showed her the way down to the air-chamber.

    A Honeymoon in Space | George Griffith
  • The Doctor and Will together had devised a most ingenious method of heating the hot-air chamber instantly.

    Doctor Jones' Picnic | S. E. Chapman