chamber (redirected from air-equivalent ionization chamber)

cham·ber  (chmbr)

n.

1. A room in a house, especially a bedroom.

2. A room where a person of authority, rank, or importance receives visitors.

3. chambers A room in which a judge may consult privately with attorneys or hear cases not taken into court.

4. chambers Chiefly British A suite of rooms, especially one used by lawyers.

5. A hall for the meetings of a legislative or other assembly.

6. A legislative or judicial body.

7. A board or council.

8. A place where municipal or state funds are received and held; a treasury.

9.

a. An enclosed space or compartment: the chamber of a pump; a compression chamber.

b. An enclosed space in the body of an organism; a cavity: the four chambers of the heart.

10.

a. A compartment in a firearm, as in the breech of a rifle or the cylinder of a revolver, that holds the cartridge in readiness for firing.

b. An enclosed space in the bore of a gun that holds the charge.

tr.v. cham·bered, cham·ber·ing, cham·bers

1. To put in or as if in a chamber; enclose or confine.

2. To furnish with a chamber.

3. To design or manufacture (a firearm) to hold a specific type of cartridge.

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[Middle English chaumbre, from Old French chambre, from Late Latin camera, chamber, from Latin, vault, from Greek kamar.]

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chamber

Noun

1. a meeting hall, usually one used for a legislative or judicial assembly

2. a room equipped for a particular purpose: a decompression chamber

3. a legislative or judicial assembly: the Senate, the upper chamber of Canada's parliament

4. Old-fashioned or poetic a room in a house, esp. a bedroom

5. a compartment or cavity: the heart chambers

6. a compartment for a cartridge or shell in a gun

See also chambers [Greek kamara vault]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	chamber - a natural or artificial enclosed space air lock, airlock - a chamber that provides access to space where air is under pressure air-raid shelter, bomb shelter, bombproof - a chamber (often underground) reinforced against bombing and provided with food and living facilities; used during air raids burial chamber, sepulcher, sepulchre, sepulture - a chamber that is used as a grave cofferdam, pneumatic caisson, caisson - large watertight chamber used for construction under water camera obscura - a darkened enclosure in which images of outside objects are projected through a small aperture or lens onto a facing surface core - the chamber of a nuclear reactor containing the fissile material where the reaction takes place piston chamber, cylinder - a chamber within which piston moves enclosure - a structure consisting of an area that has been enclosed for some purpose firing chamber, gun chamber - chamber that is the part of a gun that receives the charge furnace - an enclosed chamber in which heat is produced to heat buildings, destroy refuse, smelt or refine ores, etc. hyperbaric chamber - a large chamber in which the oxygen pressure is above normal for the atmosphere; used in treating breathing disorders or carbon monoxide poisoning particle detector - a chamber in which particles can be made visible cavity resonator, resonating chamber, resonator - a hollow chamber whose dimensions allow the resonant oscillation of electromagnetic or acoustic waves steam chest - the chamber from which steam is distributed to a cylinder fireroom, stokehold, stokehole - (nautical) chamber or compartment in which the furnaces of a ship are stoked or fired packing box, stuffing box - a small chamber in which packing is compressed around a reciprocating shaft or piston to form a seal tokamak - a doughnut-shaped chamber used in fusion research; a plasma is heated and confined in a magnetic bottle vacuum chamber - a chamber from which nearly all matter (especially air) has been removed
	2.	chamber - an enclosed volume in the body; "the chambers of his heart were healthy" bodily cavity, cavum, cavity - (anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body heart ventricle, ventricle - a chamber of the heart that receives blood from an atrium and pumps it to the arteries atrium - any chamber that is connected to other chambers or passageways (especially one of the two upper chambers of the heart)
	3.	chamber - a room where a judge transacts business diwan, divan - a Muslim council chamber or law court room - an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling; "the rooms were very small but they had a nice view"
	4.	chamber - a deliberative or legislative or administrative or judicial assembly; "the upper chamber is the senate" assembly - a group of persons who are gathered together for a common purpose
	5.	chamber - a room used primarily for sleeping   bedchamber, bedroom, sleeping accommodation, sleeping room bed - a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep; "he sat on the edge of the bed"; "the room had only a bed and chair" boudoir - a lady's bedroom or private sitting room child's room - a bedroom for a child dorm room, dormitory room, dormitory - a large sleeping room containing several beds dwelling, dwelling house, habitation, home, abode, domicile - housing that someone is living in; "he built a modest dwelling near the pond"; "they raise money to provide homes for the homeless" guestroom - a bedroom that is kept for the use of guests hotel room - a bedroom (usually with bath) in a hotel master bedroom - the principal bedroom in a house; usually occupied by the head of the household motel room - a sleeping room in a motel room - an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling; "the rooms were very small but they had a nice view"
Verb	1.	chamber - place in a chamber domiciliate, house, put up - provide housing for; "The immigrants were housed in a new development outside the town"

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chamber

noun 1. hall, room

noun 2. council, assembly, legislature, legislative body

noun 3. room, bedroom, apartment, enclosure, cubicle

4. compartment, hollow, cavity

Translations

chamber [ˈtʃeɪmbəʳ] n → cámara, sala;

chamber of commerce → cámara de comercio

chamber [ˈtʃeɪmbəʳ] n → chambre f;

(Brit) (Law) (gen pl) → cabinet m;

chamber of commerce → chambre de commerce

chamber [ˈtʃeɪmbəʳ] n → Kammer f;

(Brit) (Law) (gen pl) (of barristers) → Kanzlei f: (of judge) → Amtszimmer nt;

chamber of commerce → Handelskammer f

chamber [ˈtʃeɪmbəʳ] n → camera;

chamber of commerce → camera di commercio

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chamber

n chamber [ˈtʃeimbə]

1 a room. kamerغُرْفَهстаяmístnostkammerdie Kammerδωμάτιο, θάλαμοςcuartokamberاتاقkamaripièceחֶדֶרकक्षsoba, odajaszobakamar(svefn)herbergicamera部屋방kambarysistabakamarkamerkammer, værelse; advokat-/dommerkontorizba, pomieszczeniequartocamerăкомнатаmiestnosťsobaodajakammare, rumห้องoda房間кімнатаکمرہphòng ngủ房间

2 the place where an assembly (eg Parliament) meets There were few members left in the chamber.kamerمَجْلِسкамараsněmovnasalder Sitzungssaalαίθουσαcámarakoosolekuruumسالن مجلسkokoushuonechambreלִשכָּהकचहरीdomkamararuanganþingsalurCamera会議場회의장salėzāleDewan Perundanganvergaderzaal(forsamlings)salizbacâmaracameră, sală de şedinţeзал; палатаsnemovňazbornicakomorakammareห้องประชุมsenato/meclis salonu會議廳залаکسی اجتماع کا کمرہphòng lớn để họp会议厅

3 such an assembly the Upper and Lower Chambers.kamerأحَدُ مَجْلِسَي البَرْلَمانкамараsněmovnakammerdie Kammerτμήμα της Βουλήςcámarakodaمجلسkamarichambreבֵּית הַנִבחָרִיםसभाdomházmajelisþingdeildcamera議院의회rūmaipalātadewankamerforsamlingizbacâmaracamerăпалатаsnemovňazbornica, gornji/spodnji domdomkammareห้องประชุมmeclis, senato議院палатаایوانِ بالا اور ایوانِ زیریںviện议院

4 an enclosed space or cavity eg the part of a gun which holds the bullets Many pistols have chambers for six bullets.kamerحُجْرَةُ الخَرْطوشَة في سِلاحٍ ناريпатронникzásobníkkammerdie Gewehrkammerθαλάμη όπλουcámaraõõs, padrunipesaفشنگ خورpatruunapesächambreתָּאसदन, कक्षšaržertölténytartóruangskothólfcamera薬室(총의) 약실(藥室)lizdasaptvereruang peluru pistolpatroonkamerkammerkomoracompartimentocamerăпатронникkomorakomora, prekatprostorkammareลำกล้องปืนbölme, boşluk, mermi yuvası彈膛патронник; камораمشین یا بندوق وغیرہ کا خانہổ đạn弹膛

n ˈchambermaid

a female servant or hotel worker in charge of bedrooms. kamerbediende, kamermeisieخادِمَه في فُنْدُقкамериеркаpokojská, služebnástuepigedas Stubenmädchenκαμαριέραcamarera, doncellatoateenijaخدمتکار زنkerrossiivoojafemme de chambreחַדרָנִיתदासीsobaricaszobalánypelayanþjónustustúlkacameriera部屋係の女性객실 담당 여종업원kambarinėapkopēja; istabenepengemas bilikkamermeisjestuepikepokojówkacriada de quartocameristăгорничнаяchyžnásobaricasobaricastäderska, husaหญิงสาวที่มีหน้าที่ทำความสะอาดห้องนอนoda hizmetçisi女服務員покоївкаخابگاہوں کی نچارج ملازمہnữ phục vụ phòng女服务员

chamber music

music for a small group of players, suitable for a room rather than a large hall. kamermusiekموسيقى تَعْزِفُها فِرْقَةٌ صَغيرَهкамерна музикаkomorní hudbakammermusikdie Kammermusikμουσική δωματίουmúsica de cámarakammermuusikaدسته کوچکی از نوازندگانkamarimusiikkimusique de chambreמוּזִיקָה קָמרִיתचैम्बर संगीतkomorna glazbakamarazenemusik kamarkammermúsíkmusica da camera室内楽실내악kamerinė muzikakamermūzikamuzik kamarkamermuziekkammermusikkmuzyka kameralnamúsica de câmaramuzică de camerăкамерная музыкаkomorná hudbakomorna glasbakamerna muzikakammarmusikบทเพลงที่เขียนขึ้นสำหรับวงที่มีเครื่องดนตรีน้อยชิ้นoda müziği室內樂камерна музикаچند گلوکاروں کا گاناnhạc thính phòng室内乐