1600-1700Modern Latinhermeticus, from Hermes Trismegistus, a magician in ancient stories who invented a way of keeping air out of containers
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
Each is a hermetically sealed universe, bumping off the others with very little cross-pollination.
I think we need to be theoretically and politically clear that no single culture is hermetically sealed off from others.
Insiders are hermetically sealed from the intrusion of outsiders by the assumption of zero labour turnover.
Racism is the product of impenetrable or hermetically sealed minds.
Space and time can not be regarded as hermetically sealed domains.
The two approaches, therefore, are not hermetically sealed units, impenetrable to each other.
The would-be island, now with hermetically sealed borders and excluding all but a few tourists, is full of noises.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES►hermetically sealed
Dried milk is kept in hermetically sealed (=very tightly closed) containers.
►hermetically sealed
(=very tightly sealed so that nothing can get in or out)· Inside, police found hermetically sealed cabinets full of marijuana.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSVERB►seal
· Racism is the product of impenetrable or hermetically sealed minds.· I think we need to be theoretically and politically clear that no single culture is hermetically sealed off from others.· Each is a hermetically sealed universe, bumping off the others with very little cross-pollination.· Insiders are hermetically sealed from the intrusion of outsiders by the assumption of zero labour turnover.· Space and time can not be regarded as hermetically sealed domains.
Phrases
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY►hermetically sealed
Each is a hermetically sealed universe, bumping off the others with very little cross-pollination.
I think we need to be theoretically and politically clear that no single culture is hermetically sealed off from others.
Insiders are hermetically sealed from the intrusion of outsiders by the assumption of zero labour turnover.
Racism is the product of impenetrable or hermetically sealed minds.
Space and time can not be regarded as hermetically sealed domains.
The two approaches, therefore, are not hermetically sealed units, impenetrable to each other.
The would-be island, now with hermetically sealed borders and excluding all but a few tourists, is full of noises.
hermetically sealed very tightly closed so that air cannot get in or outSYN airtight—hermetic adjective