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pneumatic

Pronunciation: /njuːˈmatɪk/

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Definition of pneumatic

adjective

  • containing or operated by air or gas under pressure: the machines with pneumatic loading are more efficient
  • Zoology (chiefly of cavities in the bones of birds) containing air.

Derivatives

pneumatically

adverb

pneumaticity

Pronunciation: /njuːməˈtɪsɪti/

noun

Origin:

mid 17th century: from French pneumatique or Latin pneumaticus, from Greek pneumatikos, from pneuma 'wind', from pnein 'breathe'

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Remember that pneumatic is spelled with pneu- at the beginning (it is from Greek pneuma 'wind').

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