Pneumatic
[njuː'mætɪk] or [numætɪk]
Definition
(adj.) of or relating to or using air (or a similar gas); 'pneumatic drill'; 'pneumatic tire' .
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Definition
(a.) Alt. of Pneumatical
Typist: Zamenhof
Definition
adj. relating to air: consisting of air: moved by air or wind.—n. (coll.) a bicycle fitted with pneumatic tires.—adv. Pneumat′ically.—n.sing. Pneumat′ics the science which treats of air and other elastic fluids or gases.—adj. Pneumatolog′ical.—ns. Pneumatol′ogist one versed in pneumatology; Pneumatol′ogy the science of elastic fluids: pneumatics: the branch of philosophy which treats of spirits or mind: (theol.) the doctrine of the Holy Spirit; Pneumatom′eter Pneumom′eter an instrument for measuring the quantity of air inhaled into the lungs at a single inspiration.—adj. Pneumogas′tric pertaining to the lungs and the stomach.—n. Pneumō′nia inflammation of the tissues of the lungs—also Pneu′monī′tis.—adj. Pneumon′ic pertaining to the lungs.—n. a medicine for lung diseases.—Pneumatic despatch a method of sending letters telegrams and small parcels through tubes by means of compressed air; Pneumatic railway a railway along which the carriages are driven by compressed air; Pneumatic trough a trough of wood or iron filled with water and used for collecting gases for experiment or examination; Pneumatic tire a flexible air-inflated tube used as a tire on cycles &c.
Checker: Millicent
Examples
- The most important of all modern improvements on the bicycle was perhaps the pneumatic tire. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Pneumatic Transmission: Dodge's Air Blast Conveyor. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Manufacturing of malt by the pneumatic process, and stirring malt during germination, are among the improvements. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The press is served by two 200-ton cranes with hydraulic lift and pneumatic travel. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- But to enumerate the industrial arts to which air and other pneumatic machines have been adapted would be to catalogue them all. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- In many cases the combined use of both exhaust and compression pumps is necessary to secure the desired result; as, for example, in pneumatic dispatch tubes. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- This was mounted on two pneumatic-tired wheels which were fitted to the front fork together with necessary steering devices. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The pneumatic bicycle tire could not exist without rubber, and the modern application of it to this use alone amounts to nearly four million pounds annually. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- It was quite natural that when the rubber cushion and pneumatic tires rounded the pleasure of easy and noiseless riding in vehicles that _Motor vehicles_ should be revived and improved. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Edison elaborated this principle in two other forms--one pneumatic and one electric--the latter being in essence a reciprocating motor. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- We have already had occasion to refer to Tilghman's sand blast in describing pneumatic apparatus. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The latest form of this device is what is known as the pneumatic balance lock system. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Innumerable Applications of Pneumatic Machines. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- In the mean time Davy had been chosen superintendent of the Pneumatic Institution at Bristol by Dr. Beddoes, ts founder. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Even sportsmen were glad to seize upon them, and wheels of sulkies, provided with the pneumatic tires, have enabled them to lower the record of trotting horses. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- These were the discoveries with which Philosophy opened the nineteenth century so brilliantly in the field of Pneumatics. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
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