Hermetically
adverb
In a way that is completely airtight.
The contents of the package were hermetically sealed to prevent contamination.
Often appears as...
- hermetically sealed
- hermetically closed
Usage tips
Formal
adverb
In a way that is insulated or protected from outside influences.
Her thoughts were hermetically sealed from the rest of the world.
Often appears as...
- hermetically isolated
- hermetically insulated
Usage tips
Formal, Neutral
adverb
In a way that is completely airtight.
The contents of the package were hermetically sealed to prevent contamination.
Often appears as...
- hermetically sealed
- hermetically closed
Usage tips
Formal
adverb
In a way that is insulated or protected from outside influences.
Her thoughts were hermetically sealed from the rest of the world.
Often appears as...
- hermetically isolated
- hermetically insulated
Usage tips
Formal, Neutral
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Literally Airtight
Use 'hermetically' to describe something sealed so well that no air can enter or escape.
The laboratory samples were stored in hermetically sealed containers.
Pro Tip 2/3Complete Isolation
'Hermetically' implies no outside elements can penetrate the barrier, like a perfect bubble.
The rare documents were kept in a hermetically controlled environment.
Pro Tip 3/3Technical Contexts
Often used in scientific or technical contexts where precise conditions are essential.
Food safety requires certain products to be hermetically packaged.
Pro Tip 1/3Literally Airtight
Use 'hermetically' to describe something sealed so well that no air can enter or escape.
The laboratory samples were stored in hermetically sealed containers.
Pro Tip 2/3Complete Isolation
'Hermetically' implies no outside elements can penetrate the barrier, like a perfect bubble.
The rare documents were kept in a hermetically controlled environment.
Pro Tip 3/3Technical Contexts
Often used in scientific or technical contexts where precise conditions are essential.
Food safety requires certain products to be hermetically packaged.
Pro Tip 1/3Literally Airtight
Use 'hermetically' to describe something sealed so well that no air can enter or escape.
The laboratory samples were stored in hermetically sealed containers.
Pro Tip 2/3Complete Isolation
'Hermetically' implies no outside elements can penetrate the barrier, like a perfect bubble.
The rare documents were kept in a hermetically controlled environment.
Pro Tip 3/3Technical Contexts
Often used in scientific or technical contexts where precise conditions are essential.
Food safety requires certain products to be hermetically packaged.
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Video examples
Marc Goodman: A vision...
are outdated in the new world into which we're moving. So how might we prepare for some of these specific threats, like attacking a president or a prime minister? This would be the natural government response, to hide away all our government leaders in hermetically sealed bubbles. But this is not going to work.
Video examples
Marc Goodman: A vision...
are outdated in the new world into which we're moving. So how might we prepare for some of these specific threats, like attacking a president or a prime minister? This would be the natural government response, to hide away all our government leaders in hermetically sealed bubbles. But this is not going to work.
Example 1 of 1
Quote examples
Alex Steffen
American Writer
People - especially the geeks who created it - have tended to look at the Internet as something that's hermetically sealed: there's the Internet and the rest of the world. But that's not how people want to use the Internet. They want to use it as a way of better navigating the real world.
Quote examples
Howie Mandel
Comedian
What is the luck of the draw that me - me - who finally writes a book, it comes out in the - in the - in the time, in the center of the first pandemic, H1N1? And I'm going out on signings, and I'm going out to the public. This is the one time when I need to be hermetically sealed.
Quote examples
Thomas Jane
American Actor
That's what I think is the neat thing about TV: how alive it is and how the writers respond to the stimulus that they're getting from the actual actors. Whereas a movie is more hermetically sealed.
Quote examples
Naomi Alderman
English Novelist
You can't write a thing that is hermetically sealed; there has to be a way for the audience to get in and participate. I think that's a massively valuable discipline for any artist.
Quote examples
Quentin Blake
English Cartoonist
I suppose illustration tends to live in the streets, rather than in the hermetically sealed atmosphere of the museum, and consequently it has come to be taken less seriously.
Quote examples
Alex Steffen
American Writer
People - especially the geeks who created it - have tended to look at the Internet as something that's hermetically sealed: there's the Internet and the rest of the world. But that's not how people want to use the Internet. They want to use it as a way of better navigating the real world.
Quote examples
Howie Mandel
Comedian
What is the luck of the draw that me - me - who finally writes a book, it comes out in the - in the - in the time, in the center of the first pandemic, H1N1? And I'm going out on signings, and I'm going out to the public. This is the one time when I need to be hermetically sealed.
Quote examples
Thomas Jane
American Actor
That's what I think is the neat thing about TV: how alive it is and how the writers respond to the stimulus that they're getting from the actual actors. Whereas a movie is more hermetically sealed.
Quote examples
Naomi Alderman
English Novelist
You can't write a thing that is hermetically sealed; there has to be a way for the audience to get in and participate. I think that's a massively valuable discipline for any artist.
Quote examples
Quentin Blake
English Cartoonist
I suppose illustration tends to live in the streets, rather than in the hermetically sealed atmosphere of the museum, and consequently it has come to be taken less seriously.
Example 1 of 5
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