pneumatic
IPA: numˈætɪk
noun
- (dated) A vehicle, such as a bicycle, whose wheels are fitted with pneumatic tyres.
- (Gnosticism) In the gnostic theologian Valentinus' triadic grouping of man, the highest type; a person focused on spiritual reality (the other two being hylic and psychic).
adjective
- Of, relating to, or resembling air or other gases
- Of or relating to pneumatics
- Powered by, or filled with, compressed air
- (zoology) Having cavities filled with air
- Spiritual; of or relating to the pneuma
- (of a woman) well-rounded; full-breasted; bouncy
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Examples of "pneumatic" in Sentences
- The Earth used to be pneumatic with oxygen.
- What are the pros and cons of pneumatic systems
- The shopkeeper brings a pneumatic pump to the counter.
- Pneumatic Detach are purveyors of the theory of pureness.
- The outside of the sphere is covered with pneumatic rams.
- The pneumatic shutters made a hiss with the escape of air.
- By this stage, the action of the organ was entirely pneumatic.
- Eight pneumatic tires support the rear portion of the compactor.
- Pneumatic pressure is supplied by the air brake system of the tractor.
- The chisel and the wire are driven by a novel pneumatic impulse motor.