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Webster 1828 Edition


Pneumatic

PNEUMATIC


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pneumatic

pneumatic

See also: pneumàtic

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Adjective

pneumatic (comparative more pneumatic, superlative most pneumatic)

  1. Of, relating to, or resembling air or other gases
  2. Of or relating to pneumatics
  3. Powered by, or filled with compressed air
    a pneumatic instrument or engine
  4. (zoology) Having cavities filled with air
    pneumatic cells or bones
  5. Spiritual; of or relating to the pneuma
  6. (of a woman) well-rounded; full-breasted; bouncy (especially during sex)
    "Every one says I'm awfully pneumatic," said Lenina reflectively, patting her own legs. - Aldous Huxley - Brave New World (chapter 6)

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Noun

pneumatic (plural pneumatics)

  1. (dated) A vehicle, such as a bicycle, whose wheels are fitted with pneumatic tyres.
  2. (Gnosticism) 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).

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