HERMETIC


Meaning of HERMETIC in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ hɜ:(r)metɪk ]

1.

If a container has a hermetic seal, the seal is very tight so that no air can get in or out. ( TECHNICAL )

= airtight

ADJ : ADJ n

• her‧meti‧cal‧ly

The batteries are designed to be leak-proof and hermetically sealed.

ADV : ADV -ed , ADV after v

2.

You use hermetic to describe something which you disapprove of because it seems to be totally separate from other people and things in society. ( WRITTEN )

Its film industry operates in its own curiously hermetic way...

Their work is more cosily hermetic than ever.

ADJ [ disapproval ]

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