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pneumatically

American  
[noo-mat-ik-lee] / nʊˈmæt ɪk li /

adverb

  1. by means of air or air pressure.

  2. in a way that relates to pneumatics.


Example Sentences

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Another, called a McKibben actuator, is pneumatically driven and requires an air compressor to actuate.

From Science Daily • Oct. 26, 2023

How long has it been since Pentatonix, the wildly popular, pneumatically precise a cappella group, last released a holiday album?

From New York Times • Nov. 24, 2016

The “hand down” protocol, put into practice in 1935, allowed journalists sitting in the courtroom when decisions were announced to dispatch copies of those opinions, pneumatically, to their colleagues downstairs in the pressroom.

From Slate • Jan. 6, 2015

It runs pneumatically and on electric and these are all wearing out.

From BBC • Aug. 5, 2013

These bridges were notable for their foundation on cast-iron cylinders, sunk pneumatically.

From The Engineering Contributions of Wendel Bollman by Vogel, Robert M.

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