Pneumatic
adjective
Related to air or other gases.
Steam engines were replaced by pneumatic ones in many industries.
Often appears as...
- pneumatic cylinder
- pneumatic drill
Usage tips
Technical
adjective
Worked by air pressure.
The mechanic used a pneumatic jack to lift the car.
Often appears as...
- pneumatic device
- pneumatic system
Usage tips
Technical
adjective
Filled with air.
He pumped the pneumatic tire of his bicycle.
Often appears as...
- pneumatic tire
- pneumatic cushion
adjective
Related to air or other gases.
Steam engines were replaced by pneumatic ones in many industries.
Often appears as...
- pneumatic cylinder
- pneumatic drill
Usage tips
Technical
adjective
Worked by air pressure.
The mechanic used a pneumatic jack to lift the car.
Often appears as...
- pneumatic device
- pneumatic system
Usage tips
Technical
adjective
Filled with air.
He pumped the pneumatic tire of his bicycle.
Often appears as...
- pneumatic tire
- pneumatic cushion
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/2Industry Specific
Used often in technical contexts, especially when describing machinery in various industries.
The assembly line uses a pneumatic system to move parts.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Just Air
While typically related to air, 'pneumatic' can also refer to systems using other gases.
Nitrogen is sometimes used in high-precision pneumatic equipment.
Pro Tip 1/2Industry Specific
Used often in technical contexts, especially when describing machinery in various industries.
The assembly line uses a pneumatic system to move parts.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Just Air
While typically related to air, 'pneumatic' can also refer to systems using other gases.
Nitrogen is sometimes used in high-precision pneumatic equipment.
Pro Tip 1/2Industry Specific
Used often in technical contexts, especially when describing machinery in various industries.
The assembly line uses a pneumatic system to move parts.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Just Air
While typically related to air, 'pneumatic' can also refer to systems using other gases.
Nitrogen is sometimes used in high-precision pneumatic equipment.
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Video examples
Shape-shifting tech will...
and that allow you not only to touch them but also back-drive them as well. But we've also looked at other ways to create more complex shape change. So we've used pneumatic actuation to create a morphing device where you can go from something that looks a lot like a phone to a wristband on the go.
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Machine-Gun Birds PIPE Nat...
makes one of these incredible sounds that sounds nothing at all like a bird in fact the sound that this species makes sounds very much like a man-made sound and is completely out of place in the forest let's take a listen it sounds like a jackhammer or a pneumatic gun or
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Dean Kamen: New...
each one which has its own capability to sense temperature and pressure. It also has a pneumatic cuff that holds it on, so the more they put themselves under load, the more it attaches. They take the load off, and it becomes, again, compliant.
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History's deadliest king...
a Scottish inventor redeveloped the pneumatic tire, creating a massive international market for rubber. The Congo had one of the world’s largest supplies. Leopold seized the opportunity, requiring villages to meet ever-greater rubber quotas.
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Big Apple Bridges PIPE...
to a risky new device an open bottom blocks of wood and iron called a caisson pneumatic caissons are basically large boxes that are placed upside down so that what would normally be the bottom of the boxes up at the top and the open
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Hangout: Protecting the...
start soldering start looking at hydraulic systems and pneumatic systems and getting your hands dirty very cool and you know there's some nama civil yong-nam us from India sent us a question in advance about your your work
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Anna Deavere Smith: Four...
Just as a train is about to go, a young couple rush in and they're just about to close the pneumatic doors. And that voice, without losing a beat, says, 'Because of late entry, we're delayed 30 seconds.'
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The Secret of Compressed...
So now you know. But do our researchers know? Yes, they do. The jumper has cleverly demonstrated a basic pneumatic system.
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The Trials Of Life...
she uses a grain of gravel like a pneumatic Ram by breaking it by buzzing her wing muscles one of the few
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These Caterpillars Never...
she uses a grain of gravel like a pneumatic Ram by breaking it by buzzing
Video examples
Shape-shifting tech will...
and that allow you not only to touch them but also back-drive them as well. But we've also looked at other ways to create more complex shape change. So we've used pneumatic actuation to create a morphing device where you can go from something that looks a lot like a phone to a wristband on the go.
Video examples
Machine-Gun Birds PIPE Nat...
makes one of these incredible sounds that sounds nothing at all like a bird in fact the sound that this species makes sounds very much like a man-made sound and is completely out of place in the forest let's take a listen it sounds like a jackhammer or a pneumatic gun or
Video examples
Dean Kamen: New...
each one which has its own capability to sense temperature and pressure. It also has a pneumatic cuff that holds it on, so the more they put themselves under load, the more it attaches. They take the load off, and it becomes, again, compliant.
Video examples
History's deadliest king...
a Scottish inventor redeveloped the pneumatic tire, creating a massive international market for rubber. The Congo had one of the world’s largest supplies. Leopold seized the opportunity, requiring villages to meet ever-greater rubber quotas.
Video examples
Big Apple Bridges PIPE...
to a risky new device an open bottom blocks of wood and iron called a caisson pneumatic caissons are basically large boxes that are placed upside down so that what would normally be the bottom of the boxes up at the top and the open
Video examples
Hangout: Protecting the...
start soldering start looking at hydraulic systems and pneumatic systems and getting your hands dirty very cool and you know there's some nama civil yong-nam us from India sent us a question in advance about your your work
Video examples
Anna Deavere Smith: Four...
Just as a train is about to go, a young couple rush in and they're just about to close the pneumatic doors. And that voice, without losing a beat, says, 'Because of late entry, we're delayed 30 seconds.'
Video examples
The Secret of Compressed...
So now you know. But do our researchers know? Yes, they do. The jumper has cleverly demonstrated a basic pneumatic system.
Video examples
The Trials Of Life...
she uses a grain of gravel like a pneumatic Ram by breaking it by buzzing her wing muscles one of the few
Video examples
These Caterpillars Never...
she uses a grain of gravel like a pneumatic Ram by breaking it by buzzing
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Lonnie Johnson
American Inventor
In 1968 when I was in high school I built a four-foot-tall remote control robot with pneumatic cylinders that operated his hands. My robot won first place at a science competition at the University of Alabama where my high school was the only African-American school represented. That was a huge moral victory.
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Gail Collins
American Journalist
I did some research once on the way people in the past imagined the year 2000. They tended to picture the things they already had getting more sophisticated - flying cars, self-cleaning windows. And the folks in the early 1900s had a wildly optimistic estimate of the future of pneumatic tubes.
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James Gleick
American Author
As a technology, the book is like a hammer. That is to say, it is perfect: a tool ideally suited to its task. Hammers can be tweaked and varied but will never go obsolete. Even when builders pound nails by the thousand with pneumatic nail guns, every household needs a hammer.
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W. Edwards Deming
American Scientist
Customer expectations? Nonsense. No customer ever asked for the electric light, the pneumatic tire, the VCR, or the CD. All customer expectations are only what you and your competitor have led him to expect. He knows nothing else.
Quote examples
Lonnie Johnson
American Inventor
In 1968 when I was in high school I built a four-foot-tall remote control robot with pneumatic cylinders that operated his hands. My robot won first place at a science competition at the University of Alabama where my high school was the only African-American school represented. That was a huge moral victory.
Quote examples
Gail Collins
American Journalist
I did some research once on the way people in the past imagined the year 2000. They tended to picture the things they already had getting more sophisticated - flying cars, self-cleaning windows. And the folks in the early 1900s had a wildly optimistic estimate of the future of pneumatic tubes.
Quote examples
James Gleick
American Author
As a technology, the book is like a hammer. That is to say, it is perfect: a tool ideally suited to its task. Hammers can be tweaked and varied but will never go obsolete. Even when builders pound nails by the thousand with pneumatic nail guns, every household needs a hammer.
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W. Edwards Deming
American Scientist
Customer expectations? Nonsense. No customer ever asked for the electric light, the pneumatic tire, the VCR, or the CD. All customer expectations are only what you and your competitor have led him to expect. He knows nothing else.
Example 1 of 4
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