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PRONUNCIATION OF UPPER CHAMBER

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF UPPER CHAMBER

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Upper chamber is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES UPPER CHAMBER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

upper chamber

Upper house

An upper house, often called a Senate, is one of two chambers of a bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the lower house. A legislature composed of only one house is described as unicameral.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE UPPER CHAMBER

upper arm
upper atmosphere
Upper Austria
upper back
upper body
Upper Canada
upper case
upper circle
upper class
upper classes
upper crust
upper deck
Upper Egypt
upper hand
upper house
upper income bracket
upper jaw
Upper Karoo
upper lip

WORDS THAT END LIKE UPPER CHAMBER

air chamber
amber
antechamber
camber
chamber
clamber
climber
cloud chamber
combustion chamber
council chamber
echo chamber
float chamber
gas chamber
ionization chamber
jamber
lamber
lower chamber
magma chamber
reaction chamber
second chamber
torture chamber

Synonyms and antonyms of upper chamber in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «upper chamber» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF UPPER CHAMBER

Find out the translation of upper chamber to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of upper chamber from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «upper chamber» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

上院
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cámara superior
570 millions of speakers

English

upper chamber
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ऊपरी सदन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مجلس الشيوخ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

верхняя палата
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

câmara superior
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

উপরের চেম্বার
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

chambre supérieure
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ruang atas
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Herrenhaus
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

上方室
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

상부 챔버
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kamar ndhuwur
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thượng viện
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மேல் அறை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वरच्या खोलीत
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Üst oda
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

camera superiore
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

górna komora
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Верхня палата
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

camera superioara
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

άνω θάλαμο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

bo-kamer
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

övre kammaren
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

øvre kammer
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of upper chamber

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «UPPER CHAMBER»

The term «upper chamber» is normally little used and occupies the 108.945 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «UPPER CHAMBER» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «upper chamber» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «upper chamber» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about upper chamber

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UPPER CHAMBER»

Discover the use of upper chamber in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to upper chamber and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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World Congress of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering ...
During microfluidic culture, pulmonary epithelial cells are seeded into the upper chamber and grown on the membrane until they reach confluence. Subsequently , culture media in the upper chamber are removed to expose the cells to an ...
Sun I. Kim, Tae S. Suh, 2007
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Precision measurement and calibration: Selected NBS papers ...
The gas-filled upper chamber contains the variable-temperature junctions of the thermocouples? The lower chamber contains the refrigerant liquid and the reference temperature junctions of the thermocouples. The important unit in the upper ...
J. F. Swindells, 1968
3
Arc Volcano of Japan: Generation of Continental Crust from ...
it is possible for the magma to move into the upper chamber as stated above, and as a result, it also is possible for the upper chamber to double in volume. However, this configuration cannot allow the upper chamber to repeatedly accept  ...
Takeru Yanagi, 2011
4
Scaling Analysis in Modeling Transport and Reaction ...
Pressure gauge Upper chamber at variable pressure P(t) and constant volume Vu Polymer film of thickness L and area Sc Lower chamber at constant pressure P 0 Figure 5.E.7-1 Membrane permeation cell in which a permeable polymer film  ...
William B. Krantz, 2007
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South China Karst II
Ursus lower steps passages distal humerus Carnivora Felidae Lynxlynx upper chamber radius Carnivora Felidae cf. Prionailurus or Pardofelis upper chamber distal radius Proboscidea Elephantidae Elephas maximus upper chamber ...
Tadej Slabe, 2011
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A Short History of Electoral Systems in Western Europe ...
After the limited and somewhat ambiguous reforms of 1952 there was a movement in favour of more far-reaching changes, not confined to the electoral system, but including curtailment of the powers of the upper chamber, and changing its ...
Andrew McLaren Carstairs, 2013
7
Delegation and Accountability in Parliamentary Democracies
Such veto power comes in several shades. The strongest veto power is where legislation cannot be enacted unless positively approved by the upper chamber ( the consent requirement). A somewhat lesser version is the mere veto power, ...
Kaare Strøm, Wolfgang C. Müller, Torbjörn Bergman, 2006
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The Eyes of Power: Art and Early Tokugawa Authority
In China, in addition to being a general emblem of good fortune, the golden pheasant also served as the imperial symbol of author ity.4" Because birds appear nowhere else in the Upper Chamber, their presence affirms the uniqueness of the ...
Karen M. Gerhart, 1999
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Ion Channels
Intracellular Perfusion of Oocytes General Description of Method The setup is presented schematically in Fig. 1 . The oocyte is placed in a fire-polished Pasteur pipette (upper chamber), filled with the extracellular solution. The upper chamber  ...
Bernardo Rudy, Linda E. Iverson, 1997
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Mechanisms of Activity and Unrest at Large Calderas
Also, the maximum tensile stress at the upper chamber margin occurs at its centre rather than at the vertices. Similarly, the maximum shear stress at the free surface occurs above the centre of the chamber and would thus not favour ring- ...
Claudia Troise, Giuseppe De Natale, Christopher R. J. Kilburn, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UPPER CHAMBER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term upper chamber is used in the context of the following news items.
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Outrage over the 'silent peers' who have netted £1.6m in allowances …
UPPER House at Westminster is branded a "joke" after latest revelations show ... a tax-free allowance of £300 a day plus travel for attending the upper chamber. «Scottish Daily Record, Jul 15»
2
Govt must give clearer explanation of security bills at upper chamber
The Yomiuri Shimbun The government must make continuous efforts to gain greater public understanding of security-related bills to ensure their legislation. «The Japan News, Jul 15»
3
Britain's Lord Sewel Quits Over Cocaine And Sex Sting
LONDON (AP) — A member of the upper chamber of Britain's Parliament quit Tuesday, apologizing for causing "pain and embarrassment" after he was filmed ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
4
Austrian parliament's upper chamber ratifies EU-Ukraine …
The Bundesrat, the upper chamber of the Austrian Parliament, has ratified the Association Agreement between Ukraine and the European Union, according to ... «Charter 97, Jul 15»
5
Diane Bellemare, Conservative Senator: Upper Chamber Must …
OTTAWA - Diane Bellemare is urging the discredited Senate to find redemption by doing its constitutional duty as the parliamentary chamber that represents the ... «Huffington Post Canada, Jun 15»
6
Senate ethics officer to explore allegations against Don Meredith
A RCMP guard enters the Senate Chamber on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on ... Claude Carignan, government leader in the upper chamber, confirmed that he ... «iPolitics.ca, Jun 15»
7
Huge magma chamber spied under Yellowstone National Park
The gigantic magma chamber is four times bigger and much deeper than the previously known chamber above it. The upper chamber was responsible for three ... «WGN-TV, Apr 15»
8
House of Lords: pros and cons of an unelected upper chamber
The upper chamber has acted as a check on government power for centuries, but has become ever more controversial as campaigners call for full democracy at ... «The Week UK, Nov 14»
9
Czech coalition keeps majority in parliament upper chamber
PRAGUE The ruling Czech coalition kept a majority in the upper house of parliament after a round of mid-term Senate elections on Saturday, ensuring the ... «Reuters, Oct 14»
10
Pierre-Hughes Boisvenu, Tory Senator, Facing Sanction
OTTAWA - Another Conservative senator is facing sanction in the upper chamber, this time over the awarding of work contracts to a girlfriend. The Senate ethics ... «Huffington Post Canada, Aug 14»

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