air chamber

noun

: a cavity filled with air: such as

a

: a cavity containing air to act by its elasticity as a spring for equalizing the flow of a liquid in a pump or other hydraulic machine

b

: one of the chambers in the nautilus or other chambered cephalopods

Word History

First Known Use

1664, in the meaning defined above

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