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What is the difference between airtightness and airtight?

airtightness | airtight | Derived terms |

Airtightness is a derived term of airtight.


As a noun airtightness

is the quality of being airtight.

As a adjective airtight is

being impermeable to air or other gases.

airtightness

English

Noun

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  • The quality of being airtight.
  • airtight

    English

    Alternative forms

    * air-tight * air tight

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Being impermeable to air or other gases.
  • (figuratively) Having no weak points or flaws.
  • We have an airtight argument they won’t be able to punch holes in.
  • (figuratively, of a person) Highly reserved in some matter, particularly tight-lipped or tight-fisted.
  • * 1908 , The Plumbers Trade Journal , Plumbers’ Trade Journal Publishing Company, volume 44:
  • when Roger asked for $100 to take the preliminary steps to establish his claim, Mike yelled like a Hebrew auctioneer, for he was air-tight and squeezed a dollar until the woman on it yelled.
  • * 1915 April, Annals of Iowa , Historical Department of Iowa, series 3, volume 12, page 599:
  • He was ‘air-tight ,’ close-mouthed, and had but few confidants or intimate friends, but numerous acquaintances.

    Synonyms

    * (impermeable to air) hermetic

    Derived terms

    * airtighten * airtightness