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Traditional English :: pneumatic
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pneumatically.html - adj. & n. --adj. 1 of or relating to air or wind.
2 containing or operated by compressed air.
3 connected with or containing air cavities esp. in the bones of birds or in fish. pneumatic drill a drill driven by compressed air, for breaking up a hard surface. pneumatic trough a shallow container used in laboratories to collect gases in jars over the surface of water or mercury. pneumatically adv. pneumaticity n. [F pneumatique or L pneumaticus f. Gk pneumatikos f. pneuma wind f. pneo breathe] |
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Traditional English :: pneumatics
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pneumatically.html - n.pl. (treated as sing.) the science of the mechanical properties of gases. |
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Traditional English :: pneumato-
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pneumatically.html - comb. form denoting: 1 air.
2 breath.
3 spirit. [Gk f. pneuma (as PNEUMATIC)] |
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Traditional English :: pneumatology
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pneumatically.html - n. 1 the branch of theology concerned with the Holy Ghost and other spiritual concepts. 2 archaic psychology. |
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Traditional English :: pneumatophore
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pneumatically.html - n. 1 the gaseous cavity of various hydrozoa, such as the Portuguese man-of-war. 2 an aerial root specialized for gaseous exchange found in various plants growing in swampy areas. |
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New English :: pneumocystis carinii pneumonia
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pneumatically.html - (Health and Fitness) see PCP |
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