different between pneumatic vs aerial

English

Alternative forms

• pneumatick (obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin pneumaticus, from Ancient Greek ??????????? (pneumatikós, “relating to wind or air”), from ?????? (pneûma, “wind, air, breath, spirit”), from ???? (pné?, “I blow, breath”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n(j)??mæ.t?k/

Adjective

pneumatic (comparative more pneumatic, superlative most pneumatic)

1. Of, relating to, or resembling air or other gases
2. Of or relating to pneumatics
3. Powered by, or filled with, compressed air

   a pneumatic instrument or engine

4. (zoology) Having cavities filled with air

   pneumatic cells or bones

5. Spiritual; of or relating to the pneuma
6. (of a woman) well-rounded; full-breasted; bouncy
   • 1932 Aldous Huxley, Brave New World (chapter 6)

     "Every one says I'm awfully pneumatic," said Lenina reflectively, patting her own legs.

Synonyms

• (resembling air): aereous, airy, gaseous; See also Thesaurus:gaseous
• (relating to pneumatics):
• (powered by compressed air):
• (having cavities filled with air):
• (spiritual): pneumenous
• (of a woman): See Thesaurus:voluptuous

Related terms

• pneumaticity
• pneumatization

Translations

Noun

pneumatic (plural pneumatics)

1. (dated) A vehicle, such as a bicycle, whose wheels are fitted with pneumatic tyres.
2. (Gnosticism) In the gnostic theologian Valentinus' triadic grouping of man, the highest type; a person focused on spiritual reality (the other two being hylic and psychic).

Translations

Further reading

• pneumatic in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• pneumatic at OneLook Dictionary Search

Romanian

Etymology

From French pneumatique, from Latin pneumatico.

Adjective

pneumatic m or n (feminine singular pneumatic?, masculine plural pneumatici, feminine and neuter plural pneumatice)

1. pneumatic

Declension

English

Alternative forms

• aërial (archaic)

Etymology

From Latin ?erius, from Ancient Greek ?????? (aérios), from ??? (a?r, “air”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /???.i.?l/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /???.??.?l/, /???.?i.?l/
  • (obsolete) IPA^(key): /e????.??.?l/, /e???.??.?l/
• Homophones: areal, Ariel
• Rhymes: -??ri?l

Adjective

aerial (comparative more aerial, superlative most aerial)

1. Living or taking place in the air. [from 16th c.]

2. (now literary or historical) Made up of air or gas; gaseous. [from 16th c.]
   • 1782, Joseph Priestley, Disquisitions relating to matter and spirit, I:

     A soul [...] was first conceived to be an aerial, or an igneous substance, which animates the body during life, and makes its escape at death [...].

3. Positioned high up; elevated. [from 16th c.]

4. Ethereal, insubstantial; imaginary. [from 16th c.]
5. Pertaining to the air or atmosphere; atmospheric. [from 17th c.]
6. (aviation) Pertaining to a vehicle which travels through the air; airborne; relating to or conducted by means of aircraft. [from 17th c.]
7. (botany) Above the ground

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

aerial (plural aerials)

1. (chiefly Britain, Australia) A rod, wire, or other structure for receiving or transmitting radio, television signals etc.
2. A move, as in dancing or skateboarding, involving one or both feet leaving the ground.
   • 2002, Joseph A. Kotarba, John M. Johnson, Postmodern Existential Sociology (page 78)

     In their dancing, clubbers were flamboyant. They experimented with new dance steps and improvisations, including risky maneuvers and aerials in which women were flipped into the air.

3. (photography) An aerial photograph.

Usage notes

Some make a distinction between an antenna and an aerial, with the former used to indicate a rigid structure, and the latter consisting of a wire strung in the air. For those who do not make a distinction, antenna is more commonly used in the United States and aerial is more commonly used in the United Kingdom and Australia.

Synonyms

• (device for receiving or transmitting): antenna
• (dance move involving one or both feet leaving the ground): air step, acrobatic

Translations

Derived terms

Anagrams

• realia