hermetic

  • 51hermetic — her·met·ic || hÉœr metɪk /hɜː m adj. sealed, airtight …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 52hermetic — a.; (also hermetical) 1. Air tight, impervious to air. 2. Secret, mysterious, mystic, mystical, occult, symbolical, emblematic, cabalistic, containing doctrines clothed or concealed in symbols …

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  • 53hermetic — adjective technical very tightly closed so that air cannot get in or out; airtight hermetically / kli/ adverb: stored in hermetically sealed containers …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 54hermetic — her·met·ic …

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  • 55hermetic — her•met•ic [[t]hɜrˈmɛt ɪk[/t]] adj. 1) made airtight by fusion or sealing 2) cvb not affected by outward influence or power 3) myt (sometimes cap.) of or characteristic of occult science, esp. alchemy 4) (cap.) of or pertaining to Hermes… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 56hermetic — /hɜˈmɛtɪk / (say her metik) adjective 1. made airtight by fusion or sealing. 2. unaffected by external influences. 3. relating to occult sciences. Also, hermetical. {Medieval Latin hermēticus, from Hermes Trismegistus, a name given to the… …

  • 57serviceable hermetic — Hermetic unit housing containing motor and compressor assembly by use of bolts or cap screws …

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  • 58hermetic seal — noun an airtight seal …

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  • 59Hermetic corpus — A collection of writings from the first three centuries after Christ, combining magical, religious, and tangentially philosophical fragments. Translated by Ficino, it had undue influence on Renaissance thought, partly through being mis attributed …

    Philosophy dictionary

  • 60HERMETIC LITERATURE — (Hermes Trismegistus)    a series of GNOSTIC type writings probably dating from the second century which claimed an ancient Egyptian origin. Today they are appealed to by many NEW RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS seeking to LEGITIMIZE themselves historically …

    Concise dictionary of Religion