Chamber

Chamber may refer to:

  • Chamber (comics), a Marvel Comics superhero associated with the X-Men
  • Chamber (firearms), the portion of the barrel or firing cylinder in which the cartridge is inserted prior to being fired
  • Chambers (law), the rooms used by a barrister or to an association of barristers
  • A room inside a building
  • Great Chamber, the second most important room in a medieval or Tudor English castle, palace, mansion or manor house
  • Chambar, a town in Pakistan also spelt Chamber
  • Environment chamber used in testing
  • Chamber (TempTale), a USB Interface Plus Reader

It may also refer to:

  • Chambers of commerce, a business network with local, regional, national, international and bi-lateral Chambers
  • List of employer associations and other business organizations
  • Chambers of parliament, in politics
  • Chamber music, a form of classical music, written for a small group of instruments which traditionally could be accommodated in a palace chamber
  • Combustion chamber, part of an engine in which fuel is burned

The Chamber may also refer to:

  • The Chamber (game show), a short-lived game show on FOX
  • The Chamber (novel), a suspense novel by John Grisham
    • The Chamber (film), based on the novel

Other articles related to "chamber":

Palais Bourbon - History - Bourbon Restoration
... the prince de Condé took possession, and rented to the Chamber of Deputies a large part of the palace ... The Chamber of Deputies was then able to undertake major work, better suiting the chamber, rearrangement of access corridors and adjoining rooms, installation of the library in a suitable setting, where the decoration ...
Giya Kancheli - Selected Works - Choral/Opera
... of the Victory over Fascism) (1984) Evening Prayers, for eight alto voices and chamber orchestra (1991 3d work from the 1990–95 four-part cycle A Life without Christmas) Psalm 23 ...
Nebraska State Capitol - Gallery
... Old Senate Chamber Ceiling Old Senate Chamber Ceiling Rotunda dome Memorial Chamber dome Unicameral Chamber Doors Floor detail, "Fire" Original woodcarving designed by Lee Lawrie ...
Stefan Wolpe - Music - Chamber Works
... Blues, large mixed ensemble Chamber Piece No. 1, chamber orchestra Chamber Piece No. 2, chamber orchestra Duo fur Zwei Geigen, violin duo From Here On Farther, mixed quartet Musik zu Hamlet, flute, clarinet and violoncello Piece for Two Instrumental Units, large mixed ensemble Piece ...
Wire Chamber
... A multi-wire chamber (or just wire chamber) is a type of proportional counter that detects charged particles and photons, by means of gaseous ionization detection of particles of ionizing radiation ...

Famous quotes containing the word chamber:

    “Hey, you dress up our town very nicely. You don’t look out the Chamber of Commerce is going to list you in their publicity with the local attractions.”
    —Robert M. Fresco, and Jack Arnold. Dr. Matt Hastings (John Agar)

    “But it is the same thing we are all seeing,
    Our world. Go after it,
    Go get it boy, says the man holding the stick.
    Eat, says the hunger, and we plunge blindly in again,
    Into the chamber behind the thought.”
    —John Ashbery (b. 1927)

    “Another day. Deliberations are recessed
    In an iron-blue chamber of that afternoon
    On which we wore things and looked well at
    A slab of business rising behind the stars.”
    —John Ashbery (b. 1927)