gas chambern.

Brit.

/ˈɡas ˌtʃeɪmbə/, U.S.

/ˈɡæs ˌtʃeɪmbər/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: gas n.¹, chamber n.

Etymology: < gas n.¹ + chamber n.

1. A chamber filled with gas, either deliberately (as for experimental purposes) or naturally.

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1821 Philos. Mag. 58 404 There is no occasion to fill the gas chamber with gas, as the water will force the whole out, be the quantity ever so small.

1872 Eng. Mechanic & World of Sci. 29 Mar. 31/3 The pressure in the air or gas chamber..is brought up to 150lb. on the square inch.

1912 E. H. Starling Princ. Human Physiol. xvi. 1228 Persons sitting quietly in a gas chamber who are subjected to gradually lower pressures.

1961 J. Stubblefield Davies's Introd. Palaeontol. (ed. 3) iv. 92 Through the central perforations of the septa ran a living cord,..through all the gas-chambers back to the protoconch.

2005 New Phytologist 165 230/1 Net photosynthesis was calculated from the influx of CO₂ occurring when the leaf is in the gas chamber.

2. An airtight room that can be filled with poisonous gas in order to kill people or animals; spec. one used by the Nazis during the Second World War (1939–45) for murdering large numbers of people.

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society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > [noun] > place of > gas chamber

lethal chamber1884

gas chamber1945

gas oven1945

gas van1946

1899 Denver Sunday Post 26 Mar. 13 The gas chamber he considers the best method of humanely killing dogs.

1911 N.-Y. Daily Tribune 5 June 3/7 35 per cent [of stray animals] were killed humanely in the gas chamber conducted for that purpose.

1945 Daily Mirror 27 Sept. 8 The Germans knew what to do with women with white hair, or too exhausted to work. For them was the gas-chamber.

1969 Listener 3 July 11/3 I wanted to find out..what would have happened if Huey Newton had been sent to the gas chamber.

1986 J. F. Gracey Meat Hygiene (ed. 8) vii. 137/2 Bleeding should take place within 30 seconds of the pigs leaving the gas chamber.

1993 Gulf News (Dubai) 26 Oct. 14/5 The case brought by the American Civil Liberties Union seeks to close San Quentin gas chamber and has the potential to shut down chambers nationwide.

2006 Believer Sept. 70/1 Iréne Némirovsky..only completed a draft of two books before the Nazis sent her to Auschwitz, and to the gas chambers, in 1942.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	gas chamber
释义	gas chambern. Brit. /ˈɡas ˌtʃeɪmbə/, U.S. /ˈɡæs ˌtʃeɪmbər/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: gas n.¹, chamber n. Etymology: < gas n.¹ + chamber n. 1. A chamber filled with gas, either deliberately (as for experimental purposes) or naturally. ΚΠ 1821 Philos. Mag. 58 404 There is no occasion to fill the gas chamber with gas, as the water will force the whole out, be the quantity ever so small. 1872 Eng. Mechanic & World of Sci. 29 Mar. 31/3 The pressure in the air or gas chamber..is brought up to 150lb. on the square inch. 1912 E. H. Starling Princ. Human Physiol. xvi. 1228 Persons sitting quietly in a gas chamber who are subjected to gradually lower pressures. 1961 J. Stubblefield Davies's Introd. Palaeontol. (ed. 3) iv. 92 Through the central perforations of the septa ran a living cord,..through all the gas-chambers back to the protoconch. 2005 New Phytologist 165 230/1 Net photosynthesis was calculated from the influx of CO₂ occurring when the leaf is in the gas chamber. 2. An airtight room that can be filled with poisonous gas in order to kill people or animals; spec. one used by the Nazis during the Second World War (1939–45) for murdering large numbers of people. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > [noun] > place of > gas chamber lethal chamber1884 gas chamber1945 gas oven1945 gas van1946 1899 Denver Sunday Post 26 Mar. 13 The gas chamber he considers the best method of humanely killing dogs. 1911 N.-Y. Daily Tribune 5 June 3/7 35 per cent [of stray animals] were killed humanely in the gas chamber conducted for that purpose. 1945 Daily Mirror 27 Sept. 8 The Germans knew what to do with women with white hair, or too exhausted to work. For them was the gas-chamber. 1969 Listener 3 July 11/3 I wanted to find out..what would have happened if Huey Newton had been sent to the gas chamber. 1986 J. F. Gracey Meat Hygiene (ed. 8) vii. 137/2 Bleeding should take place within 30 seconds of the pigs leaving the gas chamber. 1993 Gulf News (Dubai) 26 Oct. 14/5 The case brought by the American Civil Liberties Union seeks to close San Quentin gas chamber and has the potential to shut down chambers nationwide. 2006 Believer Sept. 70/1 Iréne Némirovsky..only completed a draft of two books before the Nazis sent her to Auschwitz, and to the gas chambers, in 1942. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1821
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