hermetic
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her·met·ic
(hər-mĕt'ĭk) 
also her·met·i·cal (-ĭ-kəl)
adj.
also her·met·i·cal (-ĭ-kəl)adj.
- Completely sealed, especially against the escape or entry of air.
- Impervious to outside interference or influence: the hermetic confines of an isolated life.
- often Hermetic
- Mythology. Of or relating to Hermes Trismegistus or the works ascribed to him.
- Having to do with the occult sciences, especially alchemy; magical.
[New Latin hermēticus, alchemical, from Medieval Latin Hermēs (Trismegistus). See Hermes Trismegistus.]
hermetically her·met'i·cal·ly adv.Obscure Words:
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hermetic
[fr. Hermes Trismegistus] 1) mysterious, occult; recondite 2) sealed airtight
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- Occult States and Experiences - hermetic: (adj) recondite, characterized by occultism or Gnosticism
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The term "hermetic" may refer to:
- Hermeticism, a magical and religious movement stemming from the teachings of Hermes Trismegistus
- Hermeticism (poetry), a literary movement in poetry started in Italy
- Hermetics, the deliberate use of esoteric imagery
- Hermeticism (history of science), also refers to reconstructing the mode of thought held by 17th century scientists
- Hermetic Brotherhood of Luxor, an initiatic occult organisation that first became public in late 1884
- Hermetic Qabalah, a syncretism of Kabbalah within Hermeticism
- Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, a 19th century occult society
- The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, Inc., a modern occult society
- Hermetic seal, an airtight seal
- Hermetic detector, a particle detector with large-angle coverage, designed to observe as many particles from an interaction as possible.
- Hermetica, also known as the Corpus Hermeticum or Hermetic Corpus, a corpus of Egyptian or Greek literature
- Hermética, an Argentine heavy metal band
See also
Hermetic Globe.
Globemaker James Bissell-Thomas has invented a third globe to accompany the existing Terrestrial & Celestial Globes, which he has rightly called a Hermetic Globe after Hermes Tristmegistus. This interesting globe represents both the image of man and the image of the world as discussed by Hermes.
- Airtight
- Hermeneutics, the study of the methods (the "art" or the "science") of interpreting texts
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Hermetic
Dansk (Danish)
adj. - hermetisk
Nederlands (Dutch)
hermetisch, luchtdicht
Français (French)
adj. - hermétique
Deutsch (German)
adj. - hermetisch, luft- u. wasserdicht
Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - ερμητικός
Português (Portuguese)
adj. - hermético
Русский (Russian)
магический, относящийся к алхимии, алхимик
Español (Spanish)
adj. - hermético
Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - hermetisk (t tillsluten) (äv. bildl.), alkemisk, ockult
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
密封的, 神秘的, 炼金术的, 深奥的, 不易理解的
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 密封的, 神秘的, 煉金術的, 深奧的, 不易理解的
한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 밀봉한, 심원한, 연금술의
日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 錬金術の, 密封した, ヘルメストリスメギストスの, 気密の
n. - 錬金術師
العربيه (Arabic)
(صفه) سحري أو متعلق بالكيمياء القديمه, كتيم, محكم السد, لا يتأثر بالنفوذ الخارجي
עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - של אלכימיה או מדעים מיסטיים אחרים, חתום, אטום, הרמטי, של תורת המיסתורין
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