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Pneumatic vs Pneumatique - What's the difference?

pneumatic | pneumatique |

As nouns the difference between pneumatic and pneumatique

is that pneumatic is in gnostic theologian Valentinus' triadic grouping of man the highest type; a person focused on spiritual reality (the other two being hylic and psychic) while pneumatique is the pneumatic postal system in Paris (abolished 1984), or a letter sent by this system.

As an adjective pneumatic

is of, relating to, or resembling air or other gases.

pneumatic

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Alternative forms

* pneumatick (obsolete)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of, relating to, or resembling air or other gases
  • Of or relating to pneumatics
  • Powered by, or filled with compressed air
    • a pneumatic instrument or engine
  • (zoology) Having cavities filled with air
    • pneumatic cells or bones
  • Spiritual; of or relating to the pneuma
  • (of a woman) well-rounded; full-breasted; bouncy (especially during sex)
    • "Every one says I'm awfully pneumatic," said Lenina reflectively, patting her own legs.'' - Aldous Huxley - ''Brave New World (chapter 6)

    Related terms

    * pneumaticity * pneumatization

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (gnosticism) In gnostic theologian Valentinus' triadic grouping of man the highest type; a person focused on spiritual reality (the other two being hylic and psychic).

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    pneumatique

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (historical) The pneumatic postal system in Paris (abolished 1984), or a letter sent by this system.
  • * 1978 , (Lawrence Durrell), Livia'', Faber & Faber 1992 (''Avignon Quintet ), p. 412:
    • Thus were great love-letters born – they would be sent by pneumatique and a helmeted motor cyclist would deliver them, like Mercury himself, within the hour.
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