English Explanatory Dictionary

pneumatic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of, relating to, or resembling air or other gases
  2. Of or relating to pneumatics
  3. Powered by, or filled with, compressed air
  4. Having cavities filled with air
  5. Spiritual; of or relating to the pneuma
  6. well-rounded; full-breasted; bouncy
noun
  1. A vehicle, such as a bicycle, whose wheels are fitted with pneumatic tyres.
  2. 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).

Pronunciation

/n(j)uːˈmæ.tɪk/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-pneumatic.wav

Word forms

pneumatic more pneumatic most pneumatic pneumatick pneumatics

Etymology

From Latin pneumaticus, from Ancient Greek πνευματικός (pneumatikós, “relating to wind or air”), from πνεῦμα (pneûma, “wind, air, breath, spirit”), from πνέω (pnéō, “to blow, breath”).

Synonyms

airy gaseous voluptuous aereous pneumenous

Related words

pneumaticity pneumatization

Derived words

apneumatic autopneumatic electropneumatic electro-pneumatic hydropneumatic hyperpneumatic nonpneumatic opticopneumatic pneudraulic pneumatically pneumatic bone pneumatic device pneumatic drill pneumatic post pneumatic trough servopneumatic thermopneumatic
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