pneumatic
adjective
[ njuːˈmatɪk ]
• containing or operated by air or gas under pressure.
• "the machines with pneumatic loading are more efficient"
• (chiefly in the context of New Testament theology) relating to the spirit.
pneumatic
noun
• an item of pneumatic equipment.
• "as with most conventional pneumatics, you have to cock the bolt and load a pellet into the breech by hand before each shot"
Origin:
early 17th century (in pneumatic (sense 2 of the adjective): from French pneumatique or Latin pneumaticus, from Greek pneumatikos, from pneuma ‘wind’, from pnein ‘breathe’.
