What's the difference between antechamber and antichamber?

Antechamber


Definition:

  • (n.) A chamber or apartment before the chief apartment and leading into it, in which persons wait for audience; an outer chamber. See Lobby.
  • (n.) A space viewed as the outer chamber or the entrance to an interior part.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) "But more than that, I believe we are standing in the antechamber of a new global economy, marked by rapidly shifting circumstances and new modes of thinking."
  • (2) After 30 min of rest in a 20 degrees C antechamber, the HST consisted of a 120-min exposure (2 repeats of 15 min rest and 45 min walking) in a hot (35 degrees C, 45% relative humidity) environment.
  • (3) Gallic leaders since Napoleon have traditionally kept lovers hovering in antechambers, to the extent that they are interchangeable with spouses.
  • (4) If the ascites fluid contains much protein, repeated depressing and releasing of the antechamber has to be performed in order to avoid obstruction.
  • (5) To carry a large current the narrow region must be short, with wide antechambers to reduce the diffusional access resistance (48).
  • (6) The HSTs consisted of 30 min of rest in a 20 degrees C antechamber, followed by a 120-min exposure (2 repeats of 15 min rest and 45 min walking) in a hot (35 degrees C, 45% rh) environment.
  • (7) After 30 min of rest in a 20 degrees C antechamber, the HST consisted of a 120-min exposure (2 repeats of 15 min rest and 45 min treadmill walking) in a hot (35 degrees C, 45% rh) environment while euhydrated.
  • (8) Like her beloved Madiba, Graça Machel now stands in the antechamber of history, with yet another extraordinary future role almost the only sensible prediction.
  • (9) I read aloud a list of suspect details: did Turner actually welcome patrons into a candlelit antechamber so that when they were released into his studio, the luminous canvases would seem more brilliant?
  • (10) But the antechamber to Lowe's replica contains a series of panels explaining the significance of the real thing.
  • (11) These two components may be linked through a buffer compartment for H+ (an antechamber).
  • (12) After 30 min of rest in a 20 degrees C antechamber the HST consisted of a 140-min exposure (4 repeats of 10 min rest and 25 min treadmill walking) in a hot-dry (49 degrees C, 20% relative humidity) environment.
  • (13) From patients who were treated with a shunt another CSF sample was obtained one week after shunt implantation by puncture of the antechamber of the valve.
  • (14) While temperature changes were being effected the subjects rested in an antechamber.

Antichamber


Definition:

  • (n.) See Antechamber.

Example Sentences:

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