Wordnet 3.0
ADVERB (1)
1.
in an airtight manner;
- Example: "this bag is hermetically sealed"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Hermetically \Her*met"ic*al*ly\, adv.
1. In an hermetical manner; chemically. --Boyle.
[1913 Webster]
2. By fusion, so as to form an air-tight closure.
[1913 Webster]
Note: A vessel or tube is hermetically sealed when it is
closed completely against the passage of air or other
fluid by fusing the extremity; -- sometimes less
properly applied to any air-tight closure.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
hermetically
adv 1: in an airtight manner; "this bag is hermetically sealed"