pneumatics

[ noo-mat-iks, nyoo- ]

/ nʊˈmæt ɪks, nyʊ- /

noun (used with a singular verb)

the branch of physics that deals with the mechanical properties of air and other gases.

Also called pneumodynamics.

Origin of pneumatics

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

Words nearby pneumatics

pneumatic, pneumatic bone, pneumatic conveyor, pneumatic duct, pneumatic pile, pneumatics, pneumatic trough, pneumatic tyre, pneumatization, pneumato-, pneumatocardia

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Example sentences from the Web for pneumatics

Heat is the worst enemy of these pneumatics as the delicate rubber will not stand it.
Winged Wheels in France|Michael Myers Shoemaker
The following description of it is borrowed from the "Pneumatics:"
Scientific American, September 29, 1883 Supplement. No. 404|Various
Does not the air pump, which you used in the experiments, on pneumatics, operate upon the same principles as the sucking pump?
Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained|Jane Haldimand Marcet and Thomas P. Jones
He is known by his perseverance in making experiments to cure consumption by the application of pneumatics.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell

These were the discoveries with which Philosophy opened the nineteenth century so brilliantly in the field of Pneumatics.
Inventions in the Century|William Henry Doolittle

British Dictionary definitions for pneumatics

pneumatics

/ (njʊˈmætɪks) /

noun

(functioning as singular) the branch of physics concerned with the mechanical properties of gases, esp airAlso called: aerometry, pneumodynamics

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单词	pneumatics
释义	pneumatics [ noo-mat-iks, nyoo- ] / nʊˈmæt ɪks, nyʊ- / noun (used with a singular verb) the branch of physics that deals with the mechanical properties of air and other gases. Also called pneumodynamics. Origin of pneumatics First recorded in 1650–60; see origin at pneumatic, -ics Words nearby pneumatics pneumatic, pneumatic bone, pneumatic conveyor, pneumatic duct, pneumatic pile, pneumatics, pneumatic trough, pneumatic tyre, pneumatization, pneumato-, pneumatocardia Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for pneumatics Heat is the worst enemy of these pneumatics as the delicate rubber will not stand it. Winged Wheels in France\|Michael Myers Shoemaker The following description of it is borrowed from the "Pneumatics:" Scientific American, September 29, 1883 Supplement. No. 404\|Various Does not the air pump, which you used in the experiments, on pneumatics, operate upon the same principles as the sucking pump? Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained\|Jane Haldimand Marcet and Thomas P. Jones He is known by his perseverance in making experiments to cure consumption by the application of pneumatics. The Every Day Book of History and Chronology\|Joel Munsell These were the discoveries with which Philosophy opened the nineteenth century so brilliantly in the field of Pneumatics. Inventions in the Century\|William Henry Doolittle British Dictionary definitions for pneumatics pneumatics / (njʊˈmætɪks) / noun (functioning as singular) the branch of physics concerned with the mechanical properties of gases, esp airAlso called: aerometry, pneumodynamics Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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