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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024pneu•mat•ic /nʊˈmætɪk, nyʊ-/USA pronunciation adj. - Physicsof or relating to air, gases, or wind.
- Physicsfilled with, operated by, or containing compressed air:pneumatic tires.
pneu•mat•i•cal•ly, adv. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024pneu•mat•ic (nŏŏ mat′ik, nyŏŏ-),USA pronunciation adj. - Physicsof or pertaining to air, gases, or wind.
- Physicsof or pertaining to pneumatics.
- Physicsoperated by air or by the pressure or exhaustion of air:a pneumatic drill.
- Physicsfilled with or containing compressed air, as a tire.
- Transportequipped with pneumatic tires.
- Religion[Theol.]of or pertaining to the spirit; spiritual.
- Zoologycontaining air or air cavities.
n. - a pneumatic tire.
- Transporta vehicle having wheels with such tires.
- Greek pneumatikós pertaining to air, breath or wind, spiritual, equivalent. to pneumat- (stem of pneûma; see pneuma) + -ikos -ic
- Latin pneumaticus
- 1650–60
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: pneumatic /njʊˈmætɪk/ adj - of or concerned with air, gases, or wind
- (of a machine or device) operated by compressed air or by a vacuum
- containing compressed air: a pneumatic tyre
- (of the bones of birds) containing air spaces which reduce their weight as an adaptation to flying
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Etymology: 17th Century: from Late Latin pneumaticus of air or wind, from Greek pneumatikos of air or breath, from pneumapneuˈmatically adv |