Hermetical

[hә:'metikәl]

解釋/意思:

(a.) Of, pertaining to, or taught by, Hermes Trismegistus; as, hermetic philosophy. Hence: Alchemical; chemic.

(a.) Of or pertaining to the system which explains the causes of diseases and the operations of medicine on the principles of the hermetic philosophy, and which made much use, as a remedy, of an alkali and an acid; as, hermetic medicine.

(a.) Made perfectly close or air-tight by fusion, so that no gas or spirit can enter or escape; as, an hermetic seal. See Note under Hermetically.

編輯:朱尔斯

同義詞及近義詞：

a. Air-tight.

校對:米里亚姆

解釋/意思:

adj. belonging in any way to the the beliefs current in the Middle Ages under the name of Hermes the Thrice Great: belonging to magic or alchemy magical: perfectly close.—adv. Hermet′ically.—n.pl. Hermet′ics the philosophy wrapped up in the Hermetic books esoteric science: alchemy.—Hermetically sealed closed completely said of a glass vessel the opening of which is closed by melting the glass.

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