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noun

Air-tight n. A stove the draft of which can be almost entirely shut off. (Colloq. U. S.)

adjective

Air-tight adj.

So tight as to be impermeable to air or other gases; as, an air-tight cylinder; said of containers.

Of such close construction as to have little leakage of air in or out; said of structures

So thoroughly convincing as to be insusceptible to doubt; having no apparent counterarguments; of arguments or assertions "An airtight alibi" "An airtight argument"

Synonyms: airtight, uncontradictable, undeniable.

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Etymology of 'Air-tight'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Air-tight" Quotes from Famous Books

... mercury barometer would indicate only a much greater variation in atmospheric pressure. The aneroid barometers are frequently made no larger than a watch and can be carried conveniently in the pocket, but they get out of order easily and must be frequently readjusted. The aneroid barometer is an air-tight box whose top is made of a thin metallic disk which bends inward or outward according to the pressure of the atmosphere. If the atmospheric pressure increases, the thin disk is pushed slightly inward; if, on the other hand, the atmospheric pressure decreases, the pressure ...

— General Science • Bertha M. Clark

... think that there is something alive inside the box? There can't be. The box must be air-tight, probably as much air-tight as an ...

— The Lock And Key Library - Classic Mystery And Detective Stories, Modern English • Various

... For our own part, we can only say, that we have helped to build boats, though not life-boats, and we have helped likewise to man boats, but we should like to have good sound timber beneath our feet in preference to any metal whatever; and we should prefer cork for the floating substance to air-tight cases, or copper tubing, or any of the other contrivances that have been adopted to give buoyancy to a swamped boat. Air-cases are very liable to leak, or may be stove in by the sea, or be crushed by ...

— Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 445 - Volume 18, New Series, July 10, 1852 • Various

... the intention to remain as much as possible within the cars, yet since it was probable that necessity would arise for occasionally quitting the interior of the electrical ships, Mr. Edison had provided for this emergency by inventing an air-tight dress constructed somewhat after the manner of a diver's suit, but of much lighter material. Each ship was provided with several of these suits, by wearing which one could venture outside the car even when it was beyond the ...

— Edison's Conquest of Mars • Garrett Putman Serviss

... fallen from between the logs and the night wind whipped the smoke in stinging volleys from gaping holes in the rust-eaten jacket of the dilapidated air-tight. ...

— The Promise - A Tale of the Great Northwest • James B. Hendryx

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