adjective
Other Word Forms
- gastightness noun
Etymology
Origin of gastight
Example Sentences
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When it passes over the wooden ring it is in contact with the envelope fabric and makes the junction gastight.
From British Airships, Past, Present, and Future by Whale, George
Owing to diffusion gas escapes with extraordinary rapidity, and if the fabric used is not absolutely gastight the air finds its way in where the gas has escaped.
From British Airships, Past, Present, and Future by Whale, George
This overlap is sewn and taped on to the envelope and forms a seam as strong and gastight as any other portion of the envelope.
From British Airships, Past, Present, and Future by Whale, George
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