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": moved or worked by air pressure":[],
": adapted for holding or inflated with compressed air":[],
": having air-filled cavities":[],
": of or relating to the pneuma : spiritual":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"n(y)u\u0307-\u02c8mat-ik",
"nyu\u0307-",
"nu\u0307-\u02c8ma-tik"
],
"synonyms":[
"curvaceous",
"curvacious",
"curvy",
"shapely"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Airbag lifts, hydraulic tools, pneumatic shoring devices and other instruments were used to rescue four survivors trapped under the rubble, according to the memo. \u2014 Ray Sanchez And Kevin Conlon, CNN , 22 May 2022",
"Blasting acoustic waves from boats down to the volcano, perhaps by using small explosives or pneumatic air guns, and subsequently receiving their reflections, can tell scientists about the dimensions and properties of the rocks below. \u2014 Robin Andrews, Wired , 20 Jan. 2022",
"Just like other cordless options, this nailer is a bit heavier than pneumatic nailers, so keep that in mind. \u2014 Alex Rennie, Popular Mechanics , 26 May 2022",
"Aside from the training wheels, everything on that purple Schwinn had been invented by the end of the eighteen-eighties: two wheels of about the same size, pneumatic tires, and pedals that drive the rear wheel by way of a chain and sprockets. \u2014 The New Yorker , 23 May 2022",
"Jack operator: Operates the pneumatic air jack that lifts the car 4 inches off the ground, allowing the tire changers to do their jobs, and disengages the jack after tire work is done but before the driver leaves the pit box. \u2014 Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star , 23 May 2022",
"Cordless and pneumatic nailers that fire thicker fasteners (15 and 16 gauges) are finish nailers. \u2014 Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics , 3 May 2022",
"Depending on the device, pneumatic units pump air into large boots or sleeves, which inflate while giving the sensation of a massage. \u2014 Adnan Asar, Forbes , 2 May 2022",
"Michelin engineers have to replicate the feel and performance of pneumatic tires under this more demanding daily use. \u2014 Peter Valdes-dapena, CNN , 17 Feb. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin pneumaticus , from Greek pneumatikos , from pneumat-, pneuma air, breath, spirit, from pnein to breathe \u2014 more at sneeze":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1624, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-064510"
},
"pneumat-":{
"type":[
"combining form"
],
"definitions":{
": air : vapor : gas":[
"pneumato lytic"
],
": respiration":[
"pneumato phore"
]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Greek, from pneumat-, pneuma":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-063914"
},
"pneumatic action":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": an action employing compressed air and collapsible bellows for connecting and manipulating the movable parts of a pipe organ":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-052132"
},
"pneuma":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": an invisible liquid or vapor held to travel throughout the body and to be necessary to and associated with life":[
"Pneuma , according to ancient Greeks and Romans, was a driving force in the body, necessary for maintaining bodily functions.",
"\u2014 Judy Duchan"
],
": a mixture of air and fire held to be the divine organizing principle of the universe":[
"Of the four elements, the Stoics identify two as active (fire and air) and two as passive (water and earth). The active elements, or at least the principles of hot and cold, combine to form breath or pneuma . Pneuma , in turn, is the 'sustaining cause' \u2026 of all existing bodies and guides the growth and development of animate bodies.",
"\u2014 Dirk Baltzly",
"The distinctive contribution of Stoicism, at any rate by the time of Chrysippus, was to extend the explanatory role of pneuma beyond individual animal life, and to make it the vital power of the world as a whole. \u2026 Pneuma is the vehicle of the divine 'reason' (logos) which pervades and governs the entire world \u2026",
"\u2014 David Sedley"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8n\u00fc-m\u0259",
"\u02c8ny\u00fc-"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Greek":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1559, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-013842"
},
"pneum-":{
"type":[
"combining form"
],
"definitions":{
": air : gas":[
"pneumo thorax"
],
": lung":[
"pneumo coniosis"
],
": respiration":[
"pneumo graph"
],
": pneumonia":[
"pneumo coccus"
]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, partly from Greek pneum- (from pneuma ); partly from Greek pneum\u014dn lung":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-025454"
},
"pneumatical":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": pneumatic":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-\u0113k-",
"-at\u0259\u0307-",
"-at\u0259\u0307k\u0259l"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Latin pneumatic us + English -al":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-191601"
},
"pneu":{
"type":[
"abbreviation"
],
"definitions":{
"pneumatic":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-172404"
},
"pneumatic caisson":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a caisson in which air pressure is used to keep out the water":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-195856"
},
"pneumatic conveyor":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": conveyer sense 2 a (9)":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-205810"
},
"pneumatic dispatch":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a system of tubes through which letters, packages, and related matter are sent by air pressure":[]
": any of a family ( Pneumoviridae ) of single-stranded RNA viruses that have a filamentous or spherical virion with a lipid-containing envelope, typically cause respiratory infections in mammals and birds, include the respiratory syncytial virus and metapneumovirus , and were formerly classified as paramyxoviruses":[
"Birds infected with avian pneumovirus experience nasal discharge, coughing, tracheal rales, conjunctivitis and sinusitis.",
"\u2014 Branden Peterson"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8n(y)\u00fc-m\u014d-\u02ccv\u012b-r\u0259s"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from New Latin, from pneumo- pneumo- + virus virus":""
