airlock
thumb|right|280 px|An airlock on board Space Shuttle Atlantis
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15 sectionsContents
- Operation
- History and research
- 19th century
- 20th century
- 21st century
- Air environments
- Underground
- Underwater
- Saturation diving
- Hyperbaric treatment chambers
- Outer space
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
thumb|right|280 px|An airlock on board Space Shuttle Atlantis
An airlock is a room or compartment which permits passage between environments of differing atmospheric pressure or composition, while minimizing the changing of pressure or composition between the differing environments.