hermetically
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- adverb
- /hɜrˈmɛtɪkli/
- It's hermetically sealed.
- hermetically sealed
- hermetically sealed stainless
- hermetically sealed steel
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Watch on YouTubeHe's in a he's in a hazmat suit, a hermetically sealed sleigh.
- He's in a he's in a hazmat suit, a hermetically sealed sleigh.
- If you work on a staff, you know the other staff writers better than, you know your family, so that that kind of, you know, hermetically sealed world.
Examples
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Two disinfectors in hermetically sealed suits exit the truck.
Fiction book (1997) -
This room is hermetically sealed.
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These tunnels are not hermetically sealed.
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The door was closed hermetically by means of iron bars which were screwed tight.
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Here they are placed in cans, weighed, and hermetically sealed.
Academic text (1996) -
Not unless we kept all our equipment in hermetically sealed steel vaults.
Fiction book (2001) -
Few foreign reporters gain access to this hermetically sealed socialist state except on special occasions.
Blog text (31) -
Terrell and his companions are being handed several hermetically sealed boxes by the two sailors.
Fiction book (1997) -
The Yellowjacket pod is hermetically sealed, and the only access point is a tube we estimate to be about 5 millimeters in diameter.
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The food was packaged hermetically to keep it fresh for a long time.
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Etymology
The word hermetically comes from Hermes, a legendary ancient figure linked to early chemistry and secret experiments, because old alchemists would close their pots very tightly. So, if something is done hermetically, it is 'airtight' or completely 'sealed'.