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pneumaticity
pneu·mat·ic P0389000 (no͞o-măt′ĭk, nyo͞o-) also pneu·mat·i·cal (-ĭ-kəl)adj.1. Of or relating to air or other gases.2. Of or relating to pneumatics.3. a. Run by or using compressed air: a pneumatic drill.b. Filled with air, especially compressed air: a pneumatic tire.4. Zoology Having cavities filled with air, as the bones of certain birds.5. Of or relating to the pneuma; spiritual. [French pneumatique, from Latin pneumaticus, from Greek pneumatikos, from pneuma, pneumat-, wind; see pneu- in Indo-European roots.] pneu·mat′i·cal·ly adv.pneu′ma·tic′i·ty (no͞o′mə-tĭs′ĭ-tē, nyo͞o′-) n.pneumaticity (ˌnjʊməˈtɪsɪtɪ) n (Zoology) zoology the condition of being pneumatic EncyclopediaSeepneumaticpneumaticity
pneumaticity (of bones), the presence of air spaces which connect with the airsacs and lungs, particularly in birds. |