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pneumatical

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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.

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

  4. 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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