air chamber

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noun

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

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.

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Origin of air chamber

First recorded in 1840–50

Words nearby air chamber

air casing, aircav, air cavalry, air cavalryman, air cell, air chamber, air chief marshal, air cleaner, air cock, air command, air commodore

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.
Detection of the Common Food Adulterants|Edwin M. Bruce
If this pump is properly connected with an air chamber, as explained later, it will send a small stream of water some ten feet.
Manual Training Toys for the Boy's Workshop|Harris W. Moore
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