pneumatique

noun

pneu·​ma·​tique

¦n(y)ümə¦tēk

plural -s

: a letter or message transmitted by pneumatic dispatch

Word History

Etymology

French, from pneumatique, adjective, pneumatic, from Latin pneumaticus

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