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Webster 1913 Edition

Hermetically

Her-met′ic-al-ly

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adv.
1.
In an hermetical manner; chemically.
Boyle.
2.
By fusion, so as to form an air-tight closure.
☞ A vessel or tube is hermetically sealed when it is closed completely against the passage of air or other fluid by fusing the extremity; – sometimes less properly applied to any air-tight closure.

Webster 1828 Edition

Hermetically

HERMET'ICALLY

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adv.
According to the hermetic art; chimically; closely; accurately; as a vessel hermetically sealed or closed.

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hermetically

hermetically

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hermetically ‎(comparative more hermetically, superlative most hermetically)

  1. With a hermetic seal; so as to be airtight.
  2. In a hermetic manner; isolatedly.
    • 2001, Timothy J. Lenz, James K. McDowell, "Knowledge management for the strategic design and manufacture of polymer composite products", in Rajkumar Roy (ed), Industrial Knowledge Management: A Micro-Level Approach, page 379, ISBN 1852333391.
      Too often, this interchange of knowledge is thwarted, one way or another: the entropic leanings of the workplace foster hermetically isolated patterns of behavior.

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