Pneumatics

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: pneu=mat=ics

CIDE DICTIONARY

Pneumatics, n. [Cf. F. pneumatique.].

•  That branch of science which treats of the mechanical properties of air and other elastic fluids, as of their weight, pressure, elasticity, etc. See Mechanics.  [1913 Webster]
•  The scientific study or knowledge of spiritual beings and their relations to God, angels, and men.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Pneumatics, n.pl. (treated as sing.) the science of the mechanical properties of gases.

THESAURUS

Pneumatics

aerial photography, aeroballistics, aerodynamics, aerogeology, aerography, aerology, aeromechanics, aeromedicine, aerometry, aeronautical meteorology, aerophotography, aerophysics, aeroscopy, aerospace research, aerostatics, air, anemology, atmosphere, aviation technology, avionics, barometry, climatography, climatology, fluid, forecasting, gas, halogen gas, hydrostatics, inert gas, kinematics, kinetics, long-range forecasting, meteorology, microclimatology, nephology, photometry, rocketry, supersonics, weatherology

ROGET THESAURUS

Pneumatics

Gaseity

N gaseity, vaporousness, flatulence, flatulency, volatility, aeration, aerification, elastic fluid, gas, air, vapor, ether, steam, essence, fume, reek, effluvium, flatus, cloud, ammonia, ammoniacal gas, volatile alkali, vacuum, partial vacuum, pneumatics, pneumatostatics, aerostatics, aerodynamics, gasmeter, gasometer, air bladder, swimming bladder, sound, (of a fish), gaseous, aeriform, ethereal, aerial, airy, vaporous, volatile, evaporable, flatulent.

Air

N air, common air, atmospheric air, atmosphere, aerosphere, open air, sky, welkin, blue sky, cloud, weather, climate, rise and fall of the barometer, isobar, aerology, aerometry, aeroscopy, aeroscopy, aerography, meteorology, climatology, pneumatics, eudioscope, baroscope, aeroscope, eudiometer, barometer, aerometer, aneroid, baroscope, weather gauge, weather glass, weather cock, exposure to the air, exposure to the weather, ventilation, aerostation, aeronautics, aeronaut, containing air, flatulent, effervescent, windy, atmospheric, airy, aerial, aeriform, meteorological, weatherwise, in the open air, a la belle etoile, al fresco, sub jove dio.