pneumatic
adjective
pneu·mat·ic
nu̇-ˈma-tik 
nyu̇-
1
: of, relating to, or using gas (such as air or wind):
a
: moved or worked by air pressure
b(1)
: adapted for holding or inflated with compressed air
(2)
: having air-filled cavities
3
: having a well-proportioned feminine figure
especially
: having a full bust
Examples of pneumatic in a Sentence
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According to an article on the organization's website, that noise was the truck dumping its pneumatic air supply, despite the driver having their foot on the brake, which suggested the truck's brakes were compromised.
—
Levon Gasparian, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
Image There is the electric motor repair shop, the pneumatic shop for brakes and air-conditioning, the car repair shop and the wheel and axle shop.
—David Waldstein, New York Times, 1 Mar. 2024
The firm will also spend at least $4.5 million in design improvements for emission monitoring, and over $1 million to replace 400 pollutant-emitting pneumatic controllers with more environmentally safe technology by the end of 2024, according to the EPA.
—Minnah Arshad, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2024
In the middle of the crates was a small pneumatic pump connecting two white barrels, one containing acid powder and the other an accelerator that could cause a chemical reaction strong enough to turn the entire contents of the safe to debris within two hours.
—Nadia Beard, The New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2024
The snout was a little smushed but amazingly intact, and its position on the beach led a team to find the rest of the skull on the nearby crumbling cliff face, which was excavated — via ropes and pneumatic jackhammers — by a former plumber and fellow fossil obsessive named Steve Etches.
—William Booth, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2024
The Port Authority will build three new silo storage structures and pneumatic conveyance lines for offloading materials from barges and rail cars at Barge Terminal No. 1, east of downtown St. Paul and across the river from the St. Paul Municipal Airport.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 2 Feb. 2024
Virtually every industry, from manufacturing to aerospace to buildings, experienced significant productivity gains by switching from obsolete pneumatic, analog, and hydraulic systems to modern digital technologies enabled by microprocessors and software.
—Vimal Kapur, Fortune, 30 Jan. 2024
New York wasn’t the first city to embrace pneumatic mail.
—Vanessa Armstrong, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Dec. 2023
Levon Gasparian, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
Image There is the electric motor repair shop, the pneumatic shop for brakes and air-conditioning, the car repair shop and the wheel and axle shop.
—David Waldstein, New York Times, 1 Mar. 2024
The firm will also spend at least $4.5 million in design improvements for emission monitoring, and over $1 million to replace 400 pollutant-emitting pneumatic controllers with more environmentally safe technology by the end of 2024, according to the EPA.
—Minnah Arshad, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2024
In the middle of the crates was a small pneumatic pump connecting two white barrels, one containing acid powder and the other an accelerator that could cause a chemical reaction strong enough to turn the entire contents of the safe to debris within two hours.
—Nadia Beard, The New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2024
The snout was a little smushed but amazingly intact, and its position on the beach led a team to find the rest of the skull on the nearby crumbling cliff face, which was excavated — via ropes and pneumatic jackhammers — by a former plumber and fellow fossil obsessive named Steve Etches.
—William Booth, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2024
The Port Authority will build three new silo storage structures and pneumatic conveyance lines for offloading materials from barges and rail cars at Barge Terminal No. 1, east of downtown St. Paul and across the river from the St. Paul Municipal Airport.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 2 Feb. 2024
Virtually every industry, from manufacturing to aerospace to buildings, experienced significant productivity gains by switching from obsolete pneumatic, analog, and hydraulic systems to modern digital technologies enabled by microprocessors and software.
—Vimal Kapur, Fortune, 30 Jan. 2024
New York wasn’t the first city to embrace pneumatic mail.
—Vanessa Armstrong, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Dec. 2023
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pneumatic
adjective
pneu·mat·ic
n(y)u̇-ˈmat-ik
1
: of, relating to, or using air, wind, or other gas
2
: moved or worked by air pressure
a pneumatic drill
3
: made to hold or be inflated with compressed air
pneumatic tires
Etymology
from Latin pneumaticus "relating to or using air," from Greek pneumatikos (same meaning), from pneumat-, pneuma "air, breath"
Medical Definition
pneumatic
adjective
pneu·mat·ic
n(y)u̇-ˈmat-ik
: of, relating to, or using gas (as air): as
a
: moved or worked by air pressure
b
: adapted for holding or inflated with compressed air
c
: having air-filled cavities
pneumatic bone
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