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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Hermetic \Her*met"ic\, Hermetical \Her*met"ic*al\, a. [F. herm['e]tique. See Note under {Hermes}, 1.] 1. Of pertaining to or taught by Hermes Trismegistus as hermetic philosophy. Hence: Alchemical; chemic. ``Delusions of the hermetic art.'' --Burke. The alchemists, as the people were called who tried to make gold, considered themselves followers of Hermes, and often called themselves Hermetic philosophers. --A. B. Buckley. 2. 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. 3. 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}. {Hermetic art}, alchemy. {Hermetic books}. a Books of the Egyptians, which treat of astrology. b Books which treat of universal principles, of the nature and orders of celestial beings, of medicine, and other topics. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: hermetic adj : completely sealed; completely airtight
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