pneumato-

1. a combining form meaning “air,” “breath,” “spirit,” used in the formation of compound words:

   pneumatology; pneumatophore.

pneumato-

combining_form

1. air; breath or breathing; spirit

   pneumatophore

   pneumatology

Word History and Origins

Origin of pneumato-¹

< Greek, combining form of pneûma; pneuma

Word History and Origins

Origin of pneumato-¹

from Greek pneuma, pneumat-, breath; see pneuma

Example Sentences

When this law of the compression of elastic fluids is once well understood, it becomes easily applicable to the corrections necessary in pneumato chemical experiments upon the volume of gas, in relation to its pressure.

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This bottle is turned bottom upwards, full of water, in the cistern of the pneumato chemical apparatus GHIK, Fig.

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It is then fixed to the jar BCD, which we suppose placed in water in the shelf of the pneumato chemical apparatus Fig.

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