Definitions for pneumatic

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pneumatic pneu·mat·ic

Spelling: [noo-mat-ik, nyoo-]

IPA: /nʊˈmæt ɪk, nyʊ-/

Pneumatic is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 522 anagrams from letters in pneumatic (aceimnptu).

Definitions for pneumatic

noun

1. a pneumatic tire.
2. a vehicle having wheels with such tires.

adjective

1. of or relating to air, gases, or wind.
2. of or relating to pneumatics.
3. operated by air or by the pressure or exhaustion of air:
4. filled with or containing compressed air, as a tire.
5. equipped with pneumatic tires.
6. Theology. of or relating to the spirit; spiritual.
7. Zoology. containing air or air cavities.

Origin of pneumatic

1650-60; Latin pneumaticus Greek pneumatikós pertaining to air, breath or wind, spiritual, equivalent to pneumat- (stem of pneûma; see pneuma) + -ikos Examples for pneumatic

A pneumatic lift hove them upward to the outer rooms of Salome's suite.

He made a kind of pneumatic engine, by which he guessed the elasticity of the air.

When a pneumatic tube is once down it is good for a generation at least.

My current wife has no need for a jealous bone in her pneumatic body.

This was done, as stated above, partly by hand and partly by pneumatic tools.

Regulators, Dynamometers, pneumatic and Hydraulic machinery.

When this method is not sufficient, a pneumatic system is employed.

It is proposed to transport passengers by means of the pneumatic tunnel.

There was a sharp, distinct snap of a pneumatic pistol, and the thud of a bullet.

In 1772 he published his first paper on pneumatic Chemistry.