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air chamber

1. An enclosure filled with air for a special purpose.

2. A chamber, especially in a hydraulic system, in which air elastically compresses and expands to regulate the flow of a fluid.

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air′ cham`ber

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

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

[1840–50]

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