PNEUMATIC


Meaning of PNEUMATIC in English

/ njuːˈmætɪk; NAmE nuː-/ adjective [ usually before noun ]

1.

filled with air :

a pneumatic tyre

2.

worked by air under pressure :

pneumatic tools

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WORD ORIGIN

mid 17th cent.: from French pneumatique or Latin pneumaticus , from Greek pneumatikos , from pneuma wind, from pnein breathe.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.