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Chamber or the chamber may refer to:


In government and organizations

* Chamber of commerce, an organization of business owners to promote commercial interests *
Legislative chamber A legislative chamber or house is a deliberative assembly within a legislature which generally meets and votes separately from the legislature's other chambers. Legislatures are usually unicameral, consisting of only one chamber, or bicameral ...
, in politics * Debate chamber, the space or room that houses deliberative assemblies such as legislatures, parliaments, or councils.


In media and entertainment

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Chamber (comics) Chamber (Jonothon Evan Starsmore) is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is usually associated with the X-Men and the New Warriors. A British mutant, Jono possessed the ability to cast energy bl ...
, a Marvel Comics superhero associated with the X-Men * Chamber music, a form of classical music, written for a small group of instruments which traditionally could be accommodated in a palace chamber * ''The Chamber'' (game show), a short-lived game show on FOX * ''The Chamber'' (novel), a suspense novel by John Grisham ** ''The Chamber'' (1996 film), based on the novel * ''The Chamber'' (2016 film), a survival film directed by Ben Parker * , a musical ensemble from Frankfurt, Germany-based around vocalist/guitarist Marcus Testory


Other

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Chamber (firearms) In firearms, the chamber is the cavity at the back end of a breechloader's barrel or cylinder, where the cartridge is inserted before being fired. The rear opening of the chamber is the breech, and is sealed by the breechblock or the bolt. ...
, the portion of the barrel or firing cylinder in which the cartridge is inserted prior to being fired *A
room In a building or large vehicle, like a ship, a room is any enclosed space within a number of walls to which entry is possible only via a door or other dividing structure that connects it to either a passageway, another room, or the outdoors, that ...
inside a building ** Barristers' chambers, the rooms used by a barrister or an association of barristers ** Great Chamber, the second most important room in a medieval or Tudor English castle, palace, mansion or manor house *
Combustion chamber A combustion chamber is part of an internal combustion engine in which the fuel/air mix is burned. For steam engines, the term has also been used for an extension of the firebox which is used to allow a more complete combustion process. Intern ...
, part of an engine in which fuel is burned *
Environment chamber An environmental chamber, also called a climatic chamber or climate chamber, is an enclosure used to test the effects of specified environmental conditions on biological items, industrial products, materials, and electronic devices and components ...
, used in testing environmental conditions *
Execution chamber An execution chamber, or death chamber, is a room or chamber in which capital punishment is carried out. Execution chambers are almost always inside the walls of a maximum-security prison, although not always at the same prison where the death r ...
, a place where capital punishment is carried out *
Gas chamber A gas chamber is an apparatus for killing humans or other animals with gas, consisting of a sealed chamber into which a poisonous or asphyxiant gas is introduced. Poisonous agents used include hydrogen cyanide and carbon monoxide. History ...
, execution method


See also

* Chambar, a town in Pakistan also spelled Chamber *
Chambers (disambiguation) Chambers may refer to: Places Canada: *Chambers Township, Ontario United States: *Chambers County, Alabama *Chambers, Arizona, an unincorporated community in Apache County *Chambers, Nebraska * Chambers, West Virginia *Chambers Township, Holt C ...
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