hermetic sealing
Completely airtight enclosure
Hermetic sealing creates an airtight closure that prevents gases or liquids from passing through.
The term comes from Hermes Trismegistus, the legendary alchemist said to have invented a method for making vessels airtight.
Today it applies to any impermeable seal: hermetic sealing keeps the coffee fresh, The chamber requires hermetic sealing for the experiment.
Often shortened to simply hermetic: a hermetic container.
- airtightnessQuality of preventing airflow
- air tightImpermeable to gases
- vacuum sealAirless container barrier
- impermeabilityResistance to passage
- glassTransparent solid from sand
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- preservationpreserve, preservatives, preservative, canning, freezing
- sealingcaulking, capping, corking, heat sealing, vacuum sealing
hermetic sealingpermeability
Ability to transmit fluids
porosity · breathability · leakiness · ventilation · aeration