Definitions for pneumatics

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pneumatics pneu·mat·ics

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

IPA: /nʊˈmæt ɪks, nyʊ-/

Pneumatics is a 10 letter English word.

You can make 1140 anagrams from letters in pneumatics (aceimnpstu).

Definitions for pneumatics

noun

1. the branch of physics that deals with the mechanical properties of air and other gases.
2. a pneumatic tire.
3. 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 pneumatics

First recorded in 1650-60; See origin at pneumatic, -ics

Examples for pneumatics

There is a class of pneumatics, acting on the respiratory organs.

In 1669 he published a work on pneumatics, and in that work claimed to have discovered Perpetual Motion.

Ctesibius of Alexandria, Hero and others, founded the science of pneumatics on observations on the physical properties of air.

We find a little discussion of mechanics, hydrostatics and pneumatics, a little heat, and a very little optics.

While a fixed top is a great weight to carry, and very hard on pneumatics, one should certainly have a calash.

We should therefore be careful not to over-string the Instrument, since it so plainly contradicts the Principles of pneumatics.

But look at the "pneumatics" and the "pneumonias" and the rest of them.

The following description of it is borrowed from the "pneumatics:"

Does not the air pump, which you used in the experiments, on pneumatics, operate upon the same principles as the sucking pump?

Sometimes he could hear their pneumatics stealing upon him from behind, and looking round saw a long stretch of vacant road.