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airtightness

noun

Etymology

From airtight + -ness.

  1. derived from *ten-✻ — “to stretch, pull”
  2. derived from *tenkt-✻ — “dense, thick, tight”
  3. inherited from *þinhtaz✻
  4. inherited from *þį̄ht(ī)✻
  5. inherited from *þiht✻
  6. inherited from tight
  7. compounded as airtight — “air + tight”
  8. suffixed as airtightness — “airtight + ness”

Definitions

  1. The quality of being airtight.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA