Definition of Gas chamber

1. Noun. Instrument of execution consisting of a sealed chamber into which poison gas is introduced; used to kill people or animals.

Exact synonyms: Death Chamber
Generic synonyms: Instrument Of Execution

Definition of Gas chamber

1. Noun. a sealed chamber in which people are executed with poison gas ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gas Chamber

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Literary usage of Gas chamber

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Making, Shaping and Treating of Steel by James McIntyre Camp, Charles Blaine Francis (1920)
"air, arranged so that the outer wall of the gas chamber is nearly in line with the end of the furnace. The gas chamber is always ..."

2. The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by David Ames Wells, George Bliss, Samuel Kneeland, John Trowbridge, Charles Robert Cross (1856)
"The interior of one cylinder is the gas-chamber. This chamber is always filled with gas, and the pressure is the same as in the pipe. ..."

3. Annual of Scientific Discovery: Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by David Ames Wells, George Bliss, Samuel Kneeland, John Trowbridge, Wm Ripley Nichols, Charles R Cross (1856)
"The interior of one cylinder is the gas-chamber. This chamber is always filled with gas, and the pressure is the same as in the pipe. ..."

4. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1886)
"The proper place for the whole of combustion and of the combustion-blast is the gas- chamber. There the oxidization is made as sudden, as complete, ..."

5. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1886)
"The proper place for the whole of combustion and of the combustion-blast is the gas- chamber. There the oxidization is made as sudden, ..."

6. The Making, Shaping and Treating of Steel by James McIntyre Camp, Charles Blaine Francis (1920)
"air, arranged so that the outer wall of the gas chamber is nearly in line with the end of the furnace. The gas chamber is always ..."

7. The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by David Ames Wells, George Bliss, Samuel Kneeland, John Trowbridge, Charles Robert Cross (1856)
"The interior of one cylinder is the gas-chamber. This chamber is always filled with gas, and the pressure is the same as in the pipe. ..."

8. Annual of Scientific Discovery: Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by David Ames Wells, George Bliss, Samuel Kneeland, John Trowbridge, Wm Ripley Nichols, Charles R Cross (1856)
"The interior of one cylinder is the gas-chamber. This chamber is always filled with gas, and the pressure is the same as in the pipe. ..."

9. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1886)
"The proper place for the whole of combustion and of the combustion-blast is the gas- chamber. There the oxidization is made as sudden, as complete, ..."

10. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1886)
"The proper place for the whole of combustion and of the combustion-blast is the gas- chamber. There the oxidization is made as sudden, ..."

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