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Definition of Pneumatic
1. Adjective. Of or relating to or using air (or a similar gas). "Pneumatic tire"
Definition of Pneumatic
1. a. Consisting of, or resembling, air; having the properties of an elastic fluid; gaseous; opposed to dense or solid.
2. n. A vehicle, as a bicycle, the wheels of which are fitted with pneumatic tires.
3. a. Adapted for containing compressed air; inflated with air; as, a pneumatic cushion; a pneumatic tire, a tire formed of an annular tube of flexible fabric, as India rubber, suitable for being inflated with air.
Definition of Pneumatic
1. Adjective. Of or relating to air or other gases ¹
2. Adjective. Of or relating to pneumatics ¹
3. Adjective. Powered by, or filled with compressed air ¹
4. Adjective. (zoology) Having cavities filled with air ¹
5. Adjective. Spiritual; Of or relating to the pneuma ¹
6. Adjective. (context: of a woman) well-rounded; full-breasted; bouncy (especially during sex) ¹
7. Noun. (gnosticism) In gnostic theologian Valentinus' triadic grouping of man the highest type; a person focused on spiritual reality (the other two being hylic and psychic). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pneumatic
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Pneumatic
1. 1. Relating to air or gas, or to a structure filled with air. 2. Relating to respiration. Origin: G. Pneumatikos (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pneumatic
Literary usage of Pneumatic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"pneumatic BUFFER, a mechanism consisting of a cylinder and piston, ... pneumatic
TOOLS are a class of portable mechanical appliances operated by compressed ..."
2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"pneumatic BUFFER, a mechanism consisting of a cylinder and piston, ... pneumatic
TOOLS are a class of portable mechanical appliances operated by compressed ..."
3. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by Charles Anderson Dana (1875)
"The first idea of a plan for pneumatic transmission appears to be due to Denis
Papin, who in 1607 presented a paper to the royal society of London on the ..."
4. Cotton Ginners Handbook edited by W. S. Anthony, William D. Mayfield (1995)
"MATERIALS HANDLING pneumatic and Mechanical Handling Systems RV Baker, ...
When the conveying air is heated or humidified, the pneumatic conveyor becomes a ..."
5. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by Charles Anderson Dana (1875)
"The first idea of a plan for pneumatic transmission appears to be due to Denis
Papin, who in 1607 presented a paper to the royal society of London on the ..."
6. Cotton Ginners Handbook edited by W. S. Anthony, William D. Mayfield (1995)
"MATERIALS HANDLING pneumatic and Mechanical Handling Systems RV Baker, ...
When the conveying air is heated or humidified, the pneumatic conveyor becomes a ..."
7. Report of the Annual Meeting (1871)
"He did not believe that a pneumatic line working through a long tunnel could,
... A pneumatic railway is essentially a rope railway. Its rope is elastic, ..."
8. Otitis Media with Effusion in Young Children: Clinical Practice Guideline by Sylvan E. Stool (1998)
"On this basis, the Panel searched for literature describing the relationship of
otoscopy, pneumatic otoscopy, tympanometry, acoustic reflectometry, ..."
9. Report of the Annual Meeting (1871)
"He did not believe that a pneumatic line working through a long tunnel could,
... A pneumatic railway is essentially a rope railway. Its rope is elastic, ..."
10. Transactions of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1899)
"THE history of the art of pneumatic transmission practically begins in London in
1853, ... This was the beginning of the pneumatic-tube System in London, ..."
11. Otitis Media with Effusion in Young Children: Clinical Practice Guideline by Sylvan E. Stool (1998)
"On this basis, the Panel searched for literature describing the relationship of
otoscopy, pneumatic otoscopy, tympanometry, acoustic reflectometry, ..."
12. Transactions of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1899)
"THE history of the art of pneumatic transmission practically begins in London in
1853, ... This was the beginning of the pneumatic-tube System in London, ..."
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