Home > Terms > English, UK (UE) > Chamber
Chamber
The portion of the barrel or firing cylinder in which the cartridge is inserted prior to being fired. Rifles and pistols generally have a single chamber in their barrels, while revolvers have multiple chambers in their cylinders and no chamber in their barrel.
This is auto-generated content. You can help to improve it.
0
0
Improve it
Other Languages:
Member comments
Terms in the News
Featured Terms
Industry/Domain: Transportation Category: Bicycle & electric bicycle
Boris Bike
The Boris Bike is part of a public bicycle hire scheme in London, UK which was introduced in 2010. The schemes actual name is Barclays Cycle Hire but ...
Contributor
Featured blossaries
Nicholas Stacey
0
Terms
1
Blossaries
0
Followers
Terminologie et Mondialisation
Category: Education 1 3 Terms
Browers Terms By Category
- Aeronautics(5992)
- Air traffic control(1257)
- Airport(1242)
- Aircraft(949)
- Aircraft maintenance(888)
- Powerplant(616)
Aviation(12294) Terms
- Industrial lubricants(657)
- Cranes(413)
- Laser equipment(243)
- Conveyors(185)
- Lathe(62)
- Welding equipment(52)
Industrial machinery(1734) Terms
- Skin care(179)
- Cosmetic surgery(114)
- Hair style(61)
- Breast implant(58)
- Cosmetic products(5)
Beauty(417) Terms
- Meteorology(9063)
- General weather(899)
- Atmospheric chemistry(558)
- Wind(46)
- Clouds(40)
- Storms(37)
Weather(10671) Terms
- Health insurance(1657)
- Medicare & Medicaid(969)
- Life insurance(359)
- General insurance(50)
- Commercial insurance(4)
- Travel insurance(1)