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pneu⋅mat⋅ic

  [noo-mat-ik, nyoo-]
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–adjective
1. of or pertaining to air, gases, or wind.
2. of or pertaining to pneumatics.
3. operated by air or by the pressure or exhaustion of air: a pneumatic drill.
4. filled with or containing compressed air, as a tire.
5. equipped with pneumatic tires.
6. Theology. of or pertaining to the spirit; spiritual.
7. Zoology. containing air or air cavities.
–noun
8. a pneumatic tire.
9. a vehicle having wheels with such tires.
Origin:
1650–60; < L pneumaticus < Gk pneumatikós pertaining to air, breath or wind, spiritual, equiv. to pneumat- (s. of pneûma; see pneuma ) + -ikos -ic

Related forms:
pneu⋅mat⋅i⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
pneu⋅ma⋅tic⋅i⋅ty  [noo-muh-tis-i-tee, nyoo-] , noun
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pneu·mat·ic   (nōō-māt'ĭk, nyōō-)   
adj.  

  1. Of or relating to air or other gases.

  2. Of or relating to pneumatics.

    1. Run by or using compressed air: a pneumatic drill.

    2. Filled with air, especially compressed air: a pneumatic tire.

  4. Zoology Having cavities filled with air, as the bones of certain birds.

  5. Of or relating to the pneuma; spiritual.


[French pneumatique, from Latin pneumaticus, from Greek pneumatikos, from pneuma, pneumat-, wind; see pneu- in Indo-European roots.]
pneu·mat'i·cal·ly adv., pneu'ma·tic'i·ty (nōō'mə-tĭs'ĭ-tē, nyōō'-) n.
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Word Origin & History

pneumatic 
1659, from L. pneumaticus "of the wind, belonging to the air," from Gk. pneumatikos, from pneuma (gen. pneumatos) "wind," also "breath," from pnein "to blow, to breathe," from PIE base *pneu- "to breathe," of imitative origin.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: pneu·mat·ic
Pronunciation: n(y)u-'mat-ik
Function: adjective
: of, relating to, or using gas (as air): as a : moved or worked by air pressure b : adapted for holding or inflated with compressed air c : having air-filled cavities <pneumatic bone> —pneu·mat·i·cal·ly /-i-k(&-)lE/ adverb
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pneumatic pneu·mat·ic (n&oomacr;-māt'ĭk, ny&oomacr;-)
adj.

  1. Of or relating to air or other gases.

  2. Relating to respiration.

  3. Relating to a structure that is filled with air.

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