gastight

American

[gas-tahyt] / ˈgæsˌtaɪt /

adjective

not penetrable by a gas.
not admitting a given gas under a given pressure.

gastight British

/ ˈɡæsˌtaɪt /

adjective

not allowing gas to enter or escape

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Other Word Forms

gastightness noun

Etymology

Origin of gastight

First recorded in 1825–35; gas + tight

Example Sentences

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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.

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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.

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When it passes over the wooden ring it is in contact with the envelope fabric and makes the junction gastight.

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The faults requiring remedy were, firstly, the upper cross stays, which buckled in flight owing to insufficient strength for the length of the hull; secondly, the gasbags were not sufficiently gastight and, thirdly, the power of the engines were not sufficient for such a heavy ship.

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