hermetic
adjective
made airtight by fusion or sealing.
hermetical
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a variation of
hermetic.
Example Sentences
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But listing names of alleged abusers from such a closed, hermetical country was a valuable – and difficult – exercise, he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2016
The nuts are screwed up tight, and the flange of the door, compressing the rubber lining, renders the joint hermetical.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 623, December 10, 1887 by Various
In a seclusion almost hermetical they knew that a war existed between their country and the United States; but that was far away upon the Rio Grande.
From The Rifle Rangers by Mayne Reid
Sometimes luxuries appear of potted meats and hermetical vegetables, sent us by the fond New Yorkers.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 45, July, 1861 by Various
The closing is made hermetical by means of an India rubber tube, K, which presses against the glass and the cover.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 421, January 26, 1884 by Various
