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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[Cf. F.

pneumatique

That branch of science which treats of the mechanical properties of air and other elastic fluids, as of their weight, pressure, elasticity, etc. See

(Philos. & Theol.)

The scientific study or knowledge of spiritual beings and their relations to God, angels, and men.

Noun.

In natural philosophy, that branch which treats of air. In chimistry, that branch which treats of the gases.

In the schools, the doctrine of spiritual substances, as God, angels, and the souls of men.

See also: pneumatics

pneumàtics